This function call was found to be unnecessary as there is no equivalent platform_get_drvdata() call to access the private data of the driver. Also, the private data is defined in this driver, so there is no risk of it being accessed outside of this driver file. Signed-off-by: Andrei Coardos <aboutphysycs@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/hw_random/bcm2835-rng.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/bcm2835-rng.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/bcm2835-rng.c index e98fcac578d6..0238f487f9ab 100644 --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/bcm2835-rng.c +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/bcm2835-rng.c @@ -150,8 +150,6 @@ static int bcm2835_rng_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) if (!priv) return -ENOMEM; - platform_set_drvdata(pdev, priv); - /* map peripheral */ priv->base = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0); if (IS_ERR(priv->base)) -- 2.34.1
