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-vx855.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-vx855.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-vx855.c index 69713fd5485b..8fd6c3913d69 100644 --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-vx855.c +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-vx855.c @@ -240,8 +240,6 @@ static int vx855gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) if (!vg) return -ENOMEM; - platform_set_drvdata(pdev, vg); - dev_info(&pdev->dev, "found VX855 GPIO controller\n"); vg->io_gpi = res_gpi->start; vg->io_gpo = res_gpo->start; -- 2.34.1