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>> +static u8 g_translation_pre_enabled;
> Hi Zhenhua,
>
> I haven't checked patch one by one, am going through the code flow.
>
> About g_translation_pre_enabled, I don't think it's necessary to define
> it as a global variable. Both its assignment and judgement are in
> init_dmars(). In this situation a local variable translation_pre_enabled
> in init_dmars() is enough.
>
> You can assign value to it here:
>
> 		iommu_check_pre_te_status(iommu);
> 		if (iommu->pre_enabled_trans) {
> 			translation_pre_enabled = 1;
> 			...
> 		}
>
> Thanks
> Baoquan
>
Hi Baoquan,
This variable is only be used in this file, for it is defined as static.
Till now, I think both global and local variable are fine, got the same
thing.
But I believe global is better, because if other functions want to know 
whether translation is enabled, this global variable is a good choice.

Thanks
Zhenhua