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

From: Stefano Garzarella
Date: Wed Feb 24 2021 - 03:41:20 EST


On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 09:29:54AM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
Hi!

>>+++ 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?

Yes, there is already a patch [1] queued by Michael but not yet upstream.
When it will be merged upstream I will make sure it will be backported.

Having it in mainline is enough, I don't really think it causes
anything user-visible, so it does not need to be in stable.

Got it.

Thanks,
Stefano