Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] MicroSemi Switchtec management interface driver

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Feb 10 2017 - 09:51:36 EST


On Thu, Feb 02, 2017 at 11:06:00AM -0700, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
> + cdev = &stdev->cdev;
> + cdev_init(cdev, &switchtec_fops);
> + cdev->owner = THIS_MODULE;
> + cdev->kobj.parent = &dev->kobj;

Minor nit, the kobject in a cdev is unlike any other kobject you have
ever seen, don't mess with it, it's not doing anything like you think it
is doing. So no need to set the parent field.

thanks,

greg k-h