Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] fujitsu-laptop: use device-specific data instead of module-wide globals

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On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 09:30:18AM +0930, Jonathan Woithe wrote:
> Hi Michael
> 
> On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 08:53:23AM +0930, Jonathan Woithe wrote:
> > On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 09:44:40AM +0200, Micha?? K??pie?? wrote:
> > > fujitsu-laptop registers two ACPI drivers that access each other's
> > > module-wide structures.  To improve data encapsulation and lay the
> > > groundwork for separating the two aforementioned ACPI drivers into
> > > separate modules, move away from module-wide global data structures by
> > > using device-specific data instead.
> > > :
> > 
> > I have had a quick look through this series.  To my eye it addresses the
> > outcome of our discussion over the last couple of weeks, and looks good.  I
> > had one query regarding patch 5/8, but that might just be a case of me not
> > knowing about a subtlety of WARN_ONCE().  In any case this isn't a major
> > issue and would be easily resolved if needed.
> > 
> > Once I get feedback on patch 5/8 (and after seeing any additional comments
> > from Darren et al) I can send through a reviewed-by.
> 
> With the minor query in 5.8 sorted, I'm happy to proceed with this (subject
> of course to any further comments from Darren or Andy).  While not an
> endpoint in and of itslef, it is never-the-less an important step towards
> the agreed goal to separate the fujitsu-laptop module into two drivers. 
> This is motivated by the current use of two ACPI devices by the single
> fujitsu-laptop module, which is inconsistent with the kernel's "one driver
> per module" approach.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Woithe <jwoithe@xxxxxxxxxx>

Apologies for the delay gents. Reviewed and pushed to testing.

-- 
Darren Hart
VMware Open Source Technology Center



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