Re: [PATCH v2 02/15] firmware: qcom: Add a generic PAS service

[Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>]

On 23/03/2026 15:26, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>>>
>>> This pattern has been carried from the PAS API contract among kernel
>>> clients and the SCM PAS service earlier. The clients don't hold a
>>> reference to the PAS data like underlying platform or TEE device etc.
>>> Hence the need to have a global data pointer to hold reference to the
>>> ops data structure registered by drivers having different lifetime of
>>> devices. Also, the PAS APIs can be called from very different client
>>> driver contexts.
>>>
>>> Surely, avoiding global data is always better given a better alternative
>>> is there. Do you have any better alternative proposal here?
>>
>> Why it cannot be part of the context?
>>
>> Look at your API, e.g.:
>> qcom_pas_init_image(). It takes struct qcom_pas_context which should
>> contain the ops.
> 
> This would make the client have to select the ops. The whole point is to
> avoid that, since the client has no clue (and is supposed not to have any).

Yeah, I see. The problem is that this patchset just keeps growing the
singletons so except existing 'struct qcom_scm *__scm' in qcom_scm.c,
this one brings at least three new: 'ops_ptr', 'qcom_pas_ops_scm' and
'qcom_pas_ops_tee'.

I don't think you need all four in total, but only one which will hold
whatever pointers are necessary.

Best regards,
Krzysztof