linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv4 3/8] rtc: add STM32 RTC driver

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Date:   Wed, 11 Jan 2017 14:04:38 +0100
From:   Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com>
To:     Amelie Delaunay <amelie.delaunay@...com>
Cc:     Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, rtc-linux@...glegroups.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Gabriel Fernandez <gabriel.fernandez@...com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 3/8] rtc: add STM32 RTC driver

On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 01:48:25PM +0100, Amelie Delaunay wrote:
> This patch adds support for the STM32 RTC.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amelie Delaunay <amelie.delaunay@...com>
> ---
>  drivers/rtc/Kconfig     |  11 +
>  drivers/rtc/Makefile    |   1 +
>  drivers/rtc/rtc-stm32.c | 727 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 739 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/rtc/rtc-stm32.c

[...]
> +/* STM32_PWR_CR */
> +#define PWR_CR				0x00
> +/* STM32_PWR_CR bit field */
> +#define PWR_CR_DBP			BIT(8)
> +
> +static struct regmap *dbp;

Hello

Why using a global static struct ?
You could alloc a private structure in probe for storing it and use platform_set_drvdata()

Regards