[RFC v3 05/13] ahci-platform: Pass ahci_host_priv ptr to ahci_platform_data init method

Tejun Heo tj at kernel.org
Sun Jan 19 06:30:51 EST 2014


On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 12:48:47AM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
> Some ahci_platform_data->init methods need access to the ahci_host_priv data.
> 
> Note:
> 
> When calling ahci_platform_data->init the ata_host has not been allocated yet,
> so access to ahci_host_priv through the dev argument is not possible.
> 
> The hpriv->mmio argument may seem redundant, but it is useful for drivers
> which live outside of drivers/ata and thus don't know the contents of the
> ahci_platform_data data type.

Wouldn't the right thing to do be moving them under drivers/ata?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun



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