Re: [PATCH v4 2/5] platform/x86: intel_pmc_ipc: Add pmc gcr read/write/update api's

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Tue Apr 04 2017 - 09:23:48 EST


On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 4:51 AM, Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy Natarajan
<sathyaosid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>> +static inline int is_gcr_valid(u32 offset)
>>
>> Pointer to ipcdev should be a parameter to this function.
>
> But ipcdev is a static variable, visible across this file. So there is
> no point in passing it as parameter.

That's one of refactoring needed for this library. You need to pass a
pointer to all internal functions and where it's possible to avoid
reference to a global variable.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko