This patch fixes to use ether_addr_copy() instead of memcpy()
Encounter this by applying checkpatch.pl against this file:
WARNING: Prefer ether_addr_copy() over memcpy()
if the Ethernet addresses are __aligned(2)
Signed-off-by: Jagan Teki <jt...@openedev.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Larry Finger <larry.fin...@lwfinger.net>
Cc: Florian Schilhabel <florian.c.schilha...@googlemail.com>
---
drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c
b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c
index 6e776e5..0d27df6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ static int r871x_net_set_mac_address(struct net_device
*pnetdev, void *p)
struct sockaddr *addr = p;
if (padapter->bup == false)
- memcpy(pnetdev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, ETH_ALEN);
+ ether_addr_copy(pnetdev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data);
return 0;
}
@@ -395,8 +395,8 @@ static int netdev_open(struct net_device *pnetdev)
goto netdev_open_error;
if (r8712_initmac == NULL)
/* Use the mac address stored in the Efuse */
- memcpy(pnetdev->dev_addr,
- padapter->eeprompriv.mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+ ether_addr_copy(pnetdev->dev_addr,
+ padapter->eeprompriv.mac_addr);
else {
/* We have to inform f/w to use user-supplied MAC
* address.
@@ -412,8 +412,8 @@ static int netdev_open(struct net_device *pnetdev)
* the eeprompriv.mac_addr should store the mac which
* users specify.
*/
- memcpy(padapter->eeprompriv.mac_addr,
- pnetdev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+ ether_addr_copy(padapter->eeprompriv.mac_addr,
+ pnetdev->dev_addr);
}
if (start_drv_threads(padapter) != _SUCCESS)
goto netdev_open_error;
--
1.9.1
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