linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers/net: Convert compare_ether_addr to ether_addr

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20120510.123353.1458740731067514606.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 10 May 2012 12:33:53 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	joe@...ches.com
Cc:	jussi.kivilinna@...et.fi, linville@...driver.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers/net: Convert compare_ether_addr to
 ether_addr_equal

From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 09:11:28 -0700

> (cc's trimmed)
> 
> On Thu, 2012-05-10 at 17:32 +0300, Jussi Kivilinna wrote:
>> Quoting Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>:
>> > Use the new bool function ether_addr_equal to add
>> > some clarity and reduce the likelihood for misuse
>> > of compare_ether_addr for sorting.
> []
>> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rndis_wlan.c
> []
>> > @@ -2139,7 +2139,7 @@ resize_buf:
>> >  	while (check_bssid_list_item(bssid, bssid_len, buf, len)) {
>> >  		if (rndis_bss_info_update(usbdev, bssid) && match_bssid &&
>> >  		    matched) {
>> > -			if (compare_ether_addr(bssid->mac, match_bssid))
>> > +			if (!ether_addr_equal(bssid->mac, match_bssid))
>> 
>> While reviewing this, noticed that above original code is wrong. It  
>> should be !compare_ether_addr. So do I push patch fixing this through  
>> wireless-testing althought it will later cause conflict with this patch?
>> 
>> -Jussi
>> 
>> >  				*matched = true;
>> >  		}
>> >
> 
> Up to John.
> 
> Here's the patch I would send against net-next
> updating the test and the style a little.

I think in this specific case it's better to push this one directly
through net-next.  But yes, it's up to John.

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/