[PATCH v3] watchdog: Add DA906x PMIC watchdog driver.

Markus Pargmann mpa at pengutronix.de
Fri Aug 15 01:51:05 PDT 2014


On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 08:40:10AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 08/14/2014 02:57 AM, Markus Pargmann wrote:
> 
> >>>+
> >>>+static int da9063_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >>>+{
> >>>+	int ret;
> >>>+	struct da9063 *da9063 = dev_get_drvdata(pdev->dev.parent);
> >>>+	struct da9063_watchdog *wdt;
> >>>+
> >>>+	if (!da9063)
> >>>+		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
> >>
> >>Can this ever happen ? Isn't this driver instantiated from its parent,
> >>which would ensure that the parent's driver data is set ?
> >
> >No this can't happen. I replaced it with BUG_ON and also introduced a
> >BUG_ON check for dev.parent.
> >
> That is a bit too much. You should only use BUG_ON if the kernel can not
> continue to run, which should not be the case here. I would suggest
> to return -ENODEV.

Okay, thanks.

Markus

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