[PATCH] char: hw_random: bcm2835-rng: removed call to platform_set_drvdata()

Martin Kaiser lists at kaiser.cx
Wed Aug 23 04:58:57 PDT 2023


Andrei Coardos (aboutphysycs at gmail.com) wrote:

> This function call was found to be unnecessary as there is no equivalent
> platform_get_drvdata() call to access the private data of the driver. Also,
> the private data is defined in this driver, so there is no risk of it being
> accessed outside of this driver file.

You're right. The platform_get_drvdata call was removed in 
4c04b3729 ("hwrng: bcm2835 - Use device managed helpers").

Reviewed-by: Martin Kaiser <martin at kaiser.cx>



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