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Date:   Mon, 4 Feb 2019 06:57:36 -0800
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To:     David Kozub <zub@linux.fjfi.cvut.cz>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
        Jonathan Derrick <jonathan.derrick@intel.com>,
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        Jonas Rabenstein <jonas.rabenstein@studium.uni-erlangen.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 14/16] block: sed-opal: pass steps via argument rather
 than via opal_dev
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On Fri, Feb 01, 2019 at 09:50:21PM +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@linux.fjfi.cvut.cz>
> Reviewed-by: Scott Bauer <sbauer@plzdonthack.me>

Looks good,

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>