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. Reviewed-by: Alexandru Ardelean <alex@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrei Coardos <aboutphysycs@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpio/gpio-tqmx86.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-tqmx86.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-tqmx86.c index 6f8bd1155db7..3a28c1f273c3 100644 --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-tqmx86.c +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-tqmx86.c @@ -277,8 +277,6 @@ static int tqmx86_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) tqmx86_gpio_write(gpio, (u8)~TQMX86_DIR_INPUT_MASK, TQMX86_GPIODD); - platform_set_drvdata(pdev, gpio); - chip = &gpio->chip; chip->label = "gpio-tqmx86"; chip->owner = THIS_MODULE; -- 2.34.1