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* [PATCH v2 2/4] Staging: rtl8712: Use ether_addr_equal() over memcmp()
@ 2015-10-12 18:46 Punit Vara
  2015-10-12 18:49 ` punit vara
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Punit Vara @ 2015-10-12 18:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Larry.Finger
  Cc: florian.c.schilhabel, gregkh, stillcompiling, dan.carpenter,
	Julia.Lawall, sudipm.mukherjee, devel, linux-kernel, Punit Vara

This patch is to the rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c file that fixes up following
warning reported by checkpatch.pl :

-Prefer ether_addr_equal() or ether_addr_equal_unaligned() over memcmp()

bssid and pnetwork->network.MacAddress both are 6 byte
array which aligned with u16

Signed-off-by: Punit Vara <punitvara@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
index 143be0f..b19556a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
@@ -2008,7 +2008,7 @@ static int r871x_get_ap_info(struct net_device *dev,
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 		netdev_info(dev, "r8712u: BSSID:%pM\n", bssid);
-		if (!memcmp(bssid, pnetwork->network.MacAddress, ETH_ALEN)) {
+		if (ether_addr_equal(bssid, pnetwork->network.MacAddress)) {
 			/* BSSID match, then check if supporting wpa/wpa2 */
 			pbuf = r8712_get_wpa_ie(&pnetwork->network.IEs[12],
 			       &wpa_ielen, pnetwork->network.IELength-12);
-- 
2.5.3


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* [PATCH RESEND 0/4] Staging: rtl8712: Fix coding style warnings
@ 2015-10-14 18:25 Punit Vara
  2015-10-14 18:25 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] Staging: rtl8712: Use ether_addr_equal() over memcmp() Punit Vara
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Punit Vara @ 2015-10-14 18:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gregkh
  Cc: Larry.Finger, devel, Julia.Lawall, sudipm.mukherjee,
	dan.carpenter, linux-kernel, Punit Vara

This set of patch fixes following warnings reported by checkpatch.pl:

-Prefer eth_broadcast_addr() over memset()
-Prefer ether_addr_equal() or ether_addr_equal_unaligned() over memcmp()
-Block comments use * on subsequent lines
-Block comments use a trailing */ on a separate line
-Comparisons should place the constant on the right side of the test

v2: Fixed API suggested by : Larry Finger  Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net
    Improved patch description suggested by Julia Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr
Punit Vara (4):
  Staging: rtl8712: Fix warning prefer eth_broadcast_addr() over
    memset()
  Staging: rtl8712: Use ether_addr_equal() over memcmp()
  Staging: rtl8712: Coding style warnings fix for block comments
  Staging: rtl8712: fix warning for placing constant on the right side
    of     test

 drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c | 47 ++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

--
2.5.3


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