linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] ACPI: processor: idle: Eliminate static variable flat_state

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Message-ID: <20250813-poised-robust-spaniel-0e706d@sudeepholla>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 12:07:32 +0100
From: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc: Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
	Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] ACPI: processor: idle: Eliminate static variable
 flat_state_cnt

On Wed, Aug 13, 2025 at 12:38:58PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> 
> Instead of using static variable flat_state_cnt to pass data between
> functions involved in the _LPI information processing, pass the current
> number of "flattened" idle states to flatten_lpi_states() and make it
> return the updated number of those states.  At the same time, use a
> local variable called state_count to store the number of "flattened"
> idle states found so far in acpi_processor_get_lpi_info().
> 
> No intentional functional impact.
>

Thanks for this cleanup.

Reviewed-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
Tested-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>

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Regards,
Sudeep