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

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Date:   Wed, 24 Feb 2021 09:36:16 +0100
From:   Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.10 03/29] vdpa_sim: store parsed MAC address in a buffer

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