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/xgene-rng.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/xgene-rng.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/xgene-rng.c index 7c8f3cb7c6af..9d64b5931a27 100644 --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/xgene-rng.c +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/xgene-rng.c @@ -321,7 +321,6 @@ static int xgene_rng_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) return -ENOMEM; ctx->dev = &pdev->dev; - platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ctx); ctx->csr_base = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0); if (IS_ERR(ctx->csr_base)) -- 2.34.1