Re: [PATCH 5.10 03/29] vdpa_sim: store parsed MAC address in a buffer

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Mon Feb 22 2021 - 14:55:08 EST


Hi!

> From: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> commit cf1a3b35382c10ce315c32bd2b3d7789897fbe13 upstream.
>
> As preparation for the next patches, we store the MAC address,
> parsed during the vdpasim_create(), in a buffer that will be used
> to fill 'config' together with other configurations.

I'm not sure why this series is in stable. It is not documented to fix
anything bad.

> +++ b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_sim/vdpa_sim.c
> @@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ static char *macaddr;
> module_param(macaddr, charp, 0);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(macaddr, "Ethernet MAC address");
>
> +u8 macaddr_buf[ETH_ALEN];
> +

Should this be static?

Best regards,
Pavel
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