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SubjectRe: [PATCH v1 1/9] drivers: hv: dxgkrnl: Driver initialization and creation of dxgadapter
On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 11:55:06AM -0800, Iouri Tarassov wrote:
> + dev_dbg(dxgglobaldev, "%s: %x:%x %p %pUb\n",
> + __func__, adapter->luid.b, adapter->luid.a, hdev->channel,
> + &hdev->channel->offermsg.offer.if_instance);

When I see something like "global device pointer", that is a HUGE red
flag.

No driver should ever have anything that is static to the driver like
this, it should always be per-device. Please use the correct device
model here, which does not include a global pointer, but rather unique
ones that are given to you by the driver core. That way you are never
tied to only "one device per system" as that is a constraint that you
will have to fix eventually, might as well do it all correctly the first
time as it is not any extra effort to do so.

thanks,

greg k-h

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