linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/8] iio: adc: ad7606: Switch to xxx_get_device_match

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20240817163354.68ec95f4@jic23-huawei>
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2024 16:33:54 +0100
From: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
To: Guillaume Stols <gstols@...libre.com>
Cc: Uwe Kleine-König <ukleinek@...nel.org>, Lars-Peter
 Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>, Michael Hennerich
 <Michael.Hennerich@...log.com>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Krzysztof
 Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>, Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Greg
 Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, "Rafael J. Wysocki"
 <rafael@...nel.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
 linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
 devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 aardelean@...libre.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] iio: adc: ad7606: Switch to
 xxx_get_device_match_data

On Thu, 15 Aug 2024 12:12:01 +0000
Guillaume Stols <gstols@...libre.com> wrote:

> On the parallel version, the current implementation is only compatible
> with id tables and won't work with fx_nodes. So in this commit, the goal
> is to switch to use get_device_match_data, in order to simplify the
> logic of retrieving chip data.
> 
> Also, chip info is moved in the .h file so to be accessible to all the
> driver files that can set a pointer to the corresponding chip as the
> driver data.

This means each driver gets their own copy.

Better to use an extern in the header and keep the actual data
in the core module.

Otherwise LGTM.