[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] xen: remove driver_data direct access of struct device from more drivers

[Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 01:47:05PM -0700, Chris Wright wrote:
> * 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>

thanks, I'll go add it.

greg k-h

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