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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] xen: remove driver_data direct access of	struct  
| * Greg Kroah-Hartman (gregkh@xxxxxxx) wrote:
> From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
> 
> In the near future, the driver core is going to not allow direct access
> to the driver_data pointer in struct device.  Instead, the functions
> dev_get_drvdata() and dev_set_drvdata() should be used.  These functions
> have been around since the beginning, so are backwards compatible with
> all older kernel versions.
> 
> Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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