On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 12:14:41AM +0800, Kent Gibson wrote: > On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 05:09:01PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 05:03:03PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 05:58:11PM +0800, Kent Gibson wrote: ... > > > > +static void supinfo_init(void) > > > > +{ > > > > + supinfo.tree = RB_ROOT; > > > > + spin_lock_init(&supinfo.lock); > > > > +} > > > > > > Can it be done statically? > > > > > > supinfo = { > > > .tree = RB_ROOT, > > > .lock = __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(supinfo.lock), > > > > I even checked the current tree, we have 32 users of this pattern in drivers/. > > Ah, that is what you meant. Yeah sure can - the supinfo_init() is > another hangover from when I was trying to create the supinfo per chip, > but now it is a global a static initialiser makes sense. Yep, the DEFINE_MUTEX() / DEFINE_SPINLOCK() / etc looks better naturally than above. > And I still haven't received the email you quote there. :-( I'm not sure we will get it, it most likely that I removed it already and it has disappeared due to problems with email server... -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko