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

[Richard Weinberger]

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.

Thanks,
//richard