Hi Martin,
The following patch eliminates pci_dev.driver_data, in favor
of the field provided for this purpose in the generic struct device
(pci_dev.dev.driver_data). This shinks pci_dev by four bytes and
eliminates a line from pci.h.
What gives this patch importance to me is that I am about to
submit a patch for the generic driver layer to do simple
pre-allocation of device.driver_data for drivers that request it
(current code will be unaffected). This will enable elimination of of
some memory allocation/deallocation pairs and associated error legs in
many drivers.
I submitted this patch to you during 2.5.44 and mentioned that
there were a few driver files that still directly referenced
pci_dev.driver_data and that I had submitted patches to fix them to
use pci_[gs]et_drvdata. Those patches got into 2.5.45, so integrating
this patch at this point should not break any drivers.
I have been running this change in 2.5.44 and 2.5.45 without
problems.
Also, I would appreciate it if you would acknowledge this
email. Thanks in advance.
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--- linux-2.5.45/include/linux/pci.h 2002-10-30 16:42:55.000000000 -0800 +++ linux/include/linux/pci.h 2002-10-27 01:06:04.000000000 -0800 @@ -344,7 +344,6 @@ u8 rom_base_reg; /* which config register controls the ROM */ struct pci_driver *driver; /* which driver has allocated this device */ - void *driver_data; /* data private to the driver */ u64 dma_mask; /* Mask of the bits of bus address this device implements. Normally this is 0xffffffff. You only need to change @@ -758,12 +757,12 @@ */ static inline void *pci_get_drvdata (struct pci_dev *pdev) { - return pdev->driver_data; + return pdev->dev.driver_data; } static inline void pci_set_drvdata (struct pci_dev *pdev, void *data) { - pdev->driver_data = data; + pdev->dev.driver_data = data; } /*
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