If a driver calls device_get_match_data(), the .data pointer in its id
data structures must not be NULL/0 because device_get_match_data()
returns NULL if an entry is not found. Explain that in a comment to avoid
confusion why this is required in this driver but not in other drivers.
Cc: Daniel Matyas <daniel.matyas@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hwmon/max31827.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/max31827.c b/drivers/hwmon/max31827.c
index f8a13b30f100..391cb059e94d 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/max31827.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/max31827.c
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@
#define MAX31827_M_DGR_TO_16_BIT(x) (((x) << 4) / 1000)
#define MAX31827_DEVICE_ENABLE(x) ((x) ? 0xA : 0x0)
+/*
+ * The enum passed in the .data pointer of struct of_device_id must
+ * start with a value != 0 since that is a requirement for using
+ * device_get_match_data().
+ */
enum chips { max31827 = 1, max31828, max31829 };
enum max31827_cnv {
--
2.39.2
