Re: [PATCH 1/4] platform: Use drv->driver.bus instead of assuming platform_bus_type

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From: Greg KH

Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] platform: Use drv->driver.bus instead of assuming platform_bus_type

Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 12:44 pm

On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 12:15:40PM -0700, Patrick Pannuto wrote:
quoted text> In theory (although not *yet* in practice), a driver being passed
> to platform_driver_probe might have driver.bus set to something
> other than platform_bus_type. Locking drv->driver.bus is always
> correct.
> 
> Change-Id: Ib015c35237eb5493d17a812576a3a9906e1344d4

What is that field?  Why did you add it?

confused,

greg k-h
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[PATCH 1/4] platform: Use drv->driver.bus instead of assum ..., Patrick Pannuto, (Wed Aug 18, 12:15 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/4] platform: Use drv->driver.bus instead of a ..., Greg KH, (Wed Aug 18, 12:44 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/4] platform: Use drv->driver.bus instead of a ..., Patrick Pannuto, (Wed Aug 18, 12:53 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/4] platform: Use drv->driver.bus instead of a ..., Greg KH, (Wed Aug 18, 12:56 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/4] platform: Use drv->driver.bus instead of a ..., Greg KH, (Wed Sep 1, 3:34 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/4] platform: Use drv->driver.bus instead of a ..., David Brown, (Thu Sep 2, 11:16 am)


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