Re: [PATCH 2/3] mtd: Add support for reading MTD devices via the nvmem API

From: Alban
Date: Mon Mar 06 2017 - 12:26:10 EST


On Fri, 3 Mar 2017 23:21:29 +0100
Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Am 03.03.2017 um 15:11 schrieb Boris Brezillon:
> >> And add a list of successfully added notifiers, along with their
> >> data pointer, to the MTD device. That's simple and would also remove
> >> the need for notifier to have a private list of their instances as I
> >> had to do here.
> >
> > And then you're abusing the notifier concept. As said earlier, a
> > notifier is not necessarily using the device, and thus, don't
> > necessarily need private data.
> > It's not only about what is the simplest solution for your use case,
> > but also what other users want/need.
>
> Yes, please don't use the mtd_notifier.
> I strongly vote to embed the nvmem pointer into struct mtd_info.

Ok, I'll do that. However it mean it will have to stays in
drivers/mtd as it then become part of the MTD core.

Alban

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