On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 01:16:06AM +0100, David Kozub wrote: > The steps argument is only read by the next function, so it can > be passed directly as an argument rather than via opal_dev. > > Normally, the steps is an array on the stack, so the pointer stops > being valid then the function that set opal_dev.steps returns. > If opal_dev.steps was not set to NULL before return it would become > a dangling pointer. When the steps are passed as argument this > becomes easier to see and more difficult to misuse. > > Signed-off-by: David Kozub <zub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Looks good, Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>