Re: [PATCH v2] mailbox: exynos: drop superfluous mbox setting per channel

From: Jassi Brar

Date: Sun Mar 29 2026 - 12:18:22 EST


On Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 10:13 AM Wolfram Sang
<wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The core initializes the 'mbox' field exactly like this, so don't
> duplicate it in the driver.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes since v1:
> * rebased to 7.0-rc5
> * add tags (Thanks, Tudor!) and dropped RFT
>
> drivers/mailbox/exynos-mailbox.c | 4 ----
> 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/exynos-mailbox.c b/drivers/mailbox/exynos-mailbox.c
> index 5f2d3b81c1db..d2355b128ba4 100644
> --- a/drivers/mailbox/exynos-mailbox.c
> +++ b/drivers/mailbox/exynos-mailbox.c
> @@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ static int exynos_mbox_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> struct mbox_controller *mbox;
> struct mbox_chan *chans;
> struct clk *pclk;
> - int i;
>
> exynos_mbox = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*exynos_mbox), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!exynos_mbox)
> @@ -129,9 +128,6 @@ static int exynos_mbox_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> mbox->ops = &exynos_mbox_chan_ops;
> mbox->of_xlate = exynos_mbox_of_xlate;
>
> - for (i = 0; i < EXYNOS_MBOX_CHAN_COUNT; i++)
> - chans[i].mbox = mbox;
> -
> exynos_mbox->mbox = mbox;
>
> platform_set_drvdata(pdev, exynos_mbox);
> --
> 2.51.0
>
Applied to mailbox/for-next
Thanks
Jassi