linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] gpio: tegra: Remove the need of keeping device handle for gpio driver

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Date:	Wed, 20 Apr 2016 10:16:15 +0900
From:	Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>
To:	Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>
Cc:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
	"linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org" <linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] gpio: tegra: Remove the need of keeping device handle
 for gpio driver

On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 5:46 PM, Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com> wrote:
> Remove the file static device handle variable as this is just
> required for prints. The required handle can be stored in
> tegra_gpio_chip and hence it become redundancy.

Small but still worthy change. "dev" in the file's global namespace is
scary and prone to conflict with local variables declarations.

Acked-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>

Now I hope you will take care of "regs" and the other static variables
as Stephen rightfully suggested. :)