linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] dax/mum: Save the dax mum platform device pointer

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Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 13:27:40 -0500
From: "Bowman, Terry" <terry.bowman@....com>
To: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] dax/mum: Save the dax mum platform device pointer

On 4/4/2025 8:34 AM, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 13:33:14 -0500
> Terry Bowman <terry.bowman@....com> wrote:
> 
>> From: Nathan Fontenot <nathan.fontenot@....com>
> 
> mum?
> 
>>
>> In order to handle registering hmem devices for SOFT RESERVE
>> resources after the dax hmem device initialization occurs
>> we need to save a reference to the dax hmem platform device
>> that will be used in a following patch.
>>
>> Saving the platform device pointer also allows us to clean
>> up the walk_hmem_resources() routine to no require the
>> struct device argument.
>>
>> There should be no functional changes.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Nathan Fontenot <nathan.fontenot@....com>
>> Signed-off-by: Terry Bowman <terry.bowman@....com>
> 

Thanks. Updated to be hmem. 

-Terry