Re: [PATCH 092/182] pinctrl: bcm2835: use gpiochip data pointer

[Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 6:20 AM, Stephen Warren <swarren@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 12/09/2015 06:30 AM, Linus Walleij wrote:
>> This makes the driver use the data pointer added to the gpio_chip
>> to store a pointer to the state container instead of relying on
>> container_of().
>
> This looks like it's fine, but I wonder what is the justification for
> the change? It might be good to mention that in the commit description.

It is in patch 000/182:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-gpio&m=144966662402660&w=2

I couldn't CC everyone on patch 000, because the mailing lists
complain if too many people are in the To: and CC fields. Damned if
I do, damned if I don't...

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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