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

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Date:   Mon, 22 Feb 2021 20:54:15 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.10 03/29] vdpa_sim: store parsed MAC address in a buffer

Hi!

> From: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
> 
> 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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