linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: pi433: Use class_create instead of class

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Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 17:00:44 +0300
From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
To: Shahar Avidar <ikobh7@...il.com>
Cc: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, hverkuil-cisco@...all.nl,
	andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com, robh@...nel.org,
	felixkimbu1@...il.com, krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org,
	linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: pi433: Use class_create instead of
 class_register.

On Wed, May 01, 2024 at 08:58:19AM +0300, Shahar Avidar wrote:
> Make use of a higher level API.
> Reduce global memory allocation from struct class to pointer size.

Doesn't this move the memory in the opposite direction from what we
want?  Originally, it's static const.  Isn't that the simplest best
kind of memory?

regards,
dan carpenter