On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 11:31:45PM +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 <z...@linux.fjfi.cvut.cz>
Reviewed-by: Scott Bauer <sba...@plzdonthack.me>

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