linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] mtd: spi-nor: Use nor->params

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Date:   Sun, 25 Aug 2019 13:31:43 +0200
From:   Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...labora.com>
To:     <Tudor.Ambarus@...rochip.com>
Cc:     <marek.vasut@...il.com>, <vigneshr@...com>,
        <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>, <richard@....at>,
        <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] mtd: spi-nor: Use nor->params

On Fri, 23 Aug 2019 15:53:37 +0000
<Tudor.Ambarus@...rochip.com> wrote:

> From: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@...rochip.com>
> 
> The Flash parameters and settings are now stored in 'struct spi_nor'.
> Use this instead of the stack allocated params.
> 
> Few functions stop passing pointer to params, as they can get it from
> 'struct spi_nor'. spi_nor_parse_sfdp() and children will keep passing
> pointer to params because of the roll-back mechanism: in case the
> parsing of SFDP fails, the legacy flash parameter and settings will be
> restored.
> 
> Zeroizing params is no longer needed because all SPI NOR users kzalloc

  ^ Zeroing

With this fixed, you can add

Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...labora.com>

> 'struct spi_nor'.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@...rochip.com>
> ---