On Wed, 23 Jan 2019, YueHaibing wrote: > There is no need to have the 'dummy_mask' variable static since new > value always be assigned before use it. > > Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/usb/host/ehci-ps3.c | 2 +- > drivers/usb/host/ohci-ps3.c | 2 +- > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-ps3.c b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-ps3.c > index 454d8c6..91cee02 100644 > --- a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-ps3.c > +++ b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-ps3.c > @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static int ps3_ehci_probe(struct ps3_system_bus_device *dev) > int result; > struct usb_hcd *hcd; > unsigned int virq; > - static u64 dummy_mask; > + u64 dummy_mask; > > if (usb_disabled()) { > result = -ENODEV; > diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-ps3.c b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-ps3.c > index 395f9d3..a1c1bdf 100644 > --- a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-ps3.c > +++ b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-ps3.c > @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static int ps3_ohci_probe(struct ps3_system_bus_device *dev) > int result; > struct usb_hcd *hcd; > unsigned int virq; > - static u64 dummy_mask; > + u64 dummy_mask; > > if (usb_disabled()) { > result = -ENODEV; No. You need to read the code and understand how a variable is used before you decide to modify it. In this case, a suitable approach would be to change the declaration so that it says: status u64 dummy_mask = DMA_BIT_MASK(32); and remove the line that does the assignment dynamically. Alan Stern