The scan_timestamp value of the struct iio_dev, even though is an internal variable, it is being used in some drivers. To avoid any unwanted overwrites of this value, create a getter and when all the drivers are converted, mark the variable as __private. The patch is an RFC because the added value might not be considered high enough by someone to be implemented and/or it might need to be done in a different way since it touches multiple drivers. Vasileios Amoiridis (6): iio: create accessor for iio_dev->scan_timestamp iio: make use of iio_is_soft_ts_enabled() iio: adc: dln2-adc: make use of iio_is_soft_ts_enabled() iio: adc: max1363: make use of iio_is_soft_ts_enabled() iio: common: ssp_sensors: make use of iio_is_soft_ts_enabled() iio: core: mark scan_timestamp as __private drivers/iio/adc/dln2-adc.c | 2 +- drivers/iio/adc/max1363.c | 2 +- drivers/iio/common/ssp_sensors/ssp_iio.c | 2 +- drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c | 2 +- include/linux/iio/buffer.h | 2 +- include/linux/iio/iio.h | 11 ++++++++++- 6 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) base-commit: a61ff7eac77e86de828fe28c4e42b8ae9ec2b195 -- 2.43.0