linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 20/50] smsc911x: use dev_hw_addr_random() instead of random_ether

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Date:	Thu, 9 Feb 2012 11:28:48 +0000
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Danny Kukawka <danny.kukawka@...ect.de>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Danny Kukawka <dkukawka@...e.de>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@...c.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 20/50] smsc911x: use dev_hw_addr_random() instead of
 random_ether_addr()

On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 10:10:27PM +0100, Danny Kukawka wrote:

> +	if (dev->addr_assign_type & NET_ADDR_RANDOM)
> +		dev->addr_assign_type ^= NET_ADDR_RANDOM;

It would be clearer to just write

		dev->addr_assign_type &= ~NET_ADDR_RANDOM;

to clear the bit - the ^ takes more thinking.
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