When drvdata() was introduced in commit 6f61a2637a ("rust: device:
introduce Device::drvdata()"), its commit message already noted that a
direct accessor to the driver's bus device private data is not commonly
required -- bus callbacks provide access through &self, and other entry
points (IRQs, workqueues, IOCTLs, etc.) carry their own private data.
The sole motivation for drvdata() was inter-driver interaction -- an
auxiliary driver deriving the parent's bus device private data from the
parent device.
However, drvdata() exposes the driver's bus device private data beyond
the driver's own scope. This creates ordering constraints; for instance
drvdata may not be set yet when the first caller of drvdata() can
appear. It also forces the driver's bus device private data to outlive
all registrations that access it, which causes unnecessary
complications.
Private data should be private to the entity that issues it, i.e. bus
device private data belongs to bus callbacks, class device private data
to class callbacks, IRQ private data to the IRQ handler, etc.
With registration-private data now available through the auxiliary bus,
there is no remaining user of drvdata(), thus remove it.
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260505152400.3905096-4-dakr@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
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