# Re: \[PATCH v3 05/20\] driver core: update kerneldoc for platform\_device\_alloc()

- From: Bartosz Golaszewski \<brgl@kernel.org\>
- Date: 2026-07-08 07:43:03 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2026/07/17229067
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2026/07/17218951/t.md

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On Tue, 7 Jul 2026 18:05:29 +0200, Andy Shevchenko
[ref] said:
> On Mon, Jul 06, 2026 at 02:44:17PM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
>> Users of platform_device_alloc() + platform_device_add() must not modify
>> certain fields of the dynamically created platform device object. Update
>> the kernel doc to say which fields are affected and which functions to
>> use.
>
> Consider using __private checker attribute for them as well. It will make
> sparse scream.
>

Sure but let's leave it for another series.

Bart

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