Re: [PATCH V4 3/4] gpio: tegra: Get rid of all file scoped global variables

From: Thierry Reding
Date: Mon Apr 25 2016 - 06:01:07 EST


On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 03:39:13PM +0530, Laxman Dewangan wrote:
[...]
> diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-tegra.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-tegra.c
[...]
> static struct gpio_chip tegra_gpio_chip = {

This variable is still file-scoped. Why not get rid of it at the same
time? It's rather pointless to remove all file-scoped variables except a
single one, because now the driver still isn't properly equipped to deal
with multiple instances (however theoretical that may be).

Thierry

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