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driver core: let dev_set_drvdata return int instead of void as it can…
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	b402843 (Driver core: move dev_get/set_drvdata to drivers/base/dd.c)

calling dev_set_drvdata with dev=NULL was an unchecked error. After some
discussion about what to return in this case removing the check (and so
producing a null pointer exception) seems fine.

Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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Uwe Kleine-König authored and Greg Kroah-Hartman committed Apr 23, 2011
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7 changes: 3 additions & 4 deletions drivers/base/dd.c
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Expand Up @@ -413,17 +413,16 @@ void *dev_get_drvdata(const struct device *dev)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_drvdata);

void dev_set_drvdata(struct device *dev, void *data)
int dev_set_drvdata(struct device *dev, void *data)
{
int error;

if (!dev)
return;
if (!dev->p) {
error = device_private_init(dev);
if (error)
return;
return error;
}
dev->p->driver_data = data;
return 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_set_drvdata);
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion include/linux/device.h
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Expand Up @@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ extern int device_move(struct device *dev, struct device *new_parent,
extern const char *device_get_devnode(struct device *dev,
mode_t *mode, const char **tmp);
extern void *dev_get_drvdata(const struct device *dev);
extern void dev_set_drvdata(struct device *dev, void *data);
extern int dev_set_drvdata(struct device *dev, void *data);

/*
* Root device objects for grouping under /sys/devices
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