On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 06:53:06PM +0300, Dmitry Osipenko wrote: > 30.09.2020 18:23, Thierry Reding пишет: > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 01:42:56AM -0700, Nicolin Chen wrote: > >> From: Dmitry Osipenko <dig...@gmail.com> > >> > >> Multiple Tegra drivers need to retrieve Memory Controller and hence there > >> is quite some duplication of the retrieval code among the drivers. Let's > >> add a new common helper for the retrieval of the MC. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Osipenko <dig...@gmail.com> > >> Signed-off-by: Nicolin Chen <nicoleots...@gmail.com> > >> --- > >> > >> Changelog > >> v2->v3: > >> * Replaced with Dimtry's devm_tegra_get_memory_controller() > >> v1->v2: > >> * N/A > >> > >> drivers/memory/tegra/mc.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >> include/soc/tegra/mc.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++ > >> 2 files changed, 56 insertions(+) > > > > Let's not add this helper, please. If a device needs a reference to the > > memory controller, it should have a phandle to the memory controller in > > device tree so that it can be looked up explicitly. > > > > Adding this helper is officially sanctioning that it's okay not to have > > that reference and that's a bad idea. > > And please explain why it's a bad idea, I don't see anything bad here at > all.
Well, you said yourself in a recent comment that we should avoid global variables. devm_tegra_get_memory_controller() is nothing but a glorified global variable. Thierry
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