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[4/5] net: macb: Use ether_addr_copy over memcpy

Message ID 1457896247-25934-5-git-send-email-moritz.fischer@ettus.com
State Changes Requested, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Moritz Fischer March 13, 2016, 7:10 p.m. UTC
Checkpatch suggests using ether_addr_copy over memcpy
to copy the mac address.

Signed-off-by: Moritz Fischer <moritz.fischer@ettus.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Michal Simek March 14, 2016, 8:48 p.m. UTC | #1
On 13.3.2016 20:10, Moritz Fischer wrote:
> Checkpatch suggests using ether_addr_copy over memcpy
> to copy the mac address.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Moritz Fischer <moritz.fischer@ettus.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
> index 53400f6..a0c01e5 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
> @@ -2891,7 +2891,7 @@ static int macb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  	mac = of_get_mac_address(np);
>  	if (mac)
> -		memcpy(bp->dev->dev_addr, mac, ETH_ALEN);
> +		ether_addr_copy(bp->dev->dev_addr, mac);
>  	else
>  		macb_get_hwaddr(bp);
>  
> 

Acked-by: Michal Simek <michal.simek@xilinx.com>
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Nicolas Ferre March 16, 2016, 1:48 p.m. UTC | #2
Le 13/03/2016 20:10, Moritz Fischer a écrit :
> Checkpatch suggests using ether_addr_copy over memcpy
> to copy the mac address.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Moritz Fischer <moritz.fischer@ettus.com>

Yes:
Acked-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@atmel.com>

> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
> index 53400f6..a0c01e5 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
> @@ -2891,7 +2891,7 @@ static int macb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  	mac = of_get_mac_address(np);
>  	if (mac)
> -		memcpy(bp->dev->dev_addr, mac, ETH_ALEN);
> +		ether_addr_copy(bp->dev->dev_addr, mac);
>  	else
>  		macb_get_hwaddr(bp);
>  
>
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
index 53400f6..a0c01e5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
@@ -2891,7 +2891,7 @@  static int macb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	mac = of_get_mac_address(np);
 	if (mac)
-		memcpy(bp->dev->dev_addr, mac, ETH_ALEN);
+		ether_addr_copy(bp->dev->dev_addr, mac);
 	else
 		macb_get_hwaddr(bp);