linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] staging: ozwpan: ozproto.c fix for "WARNING: Prefer ether_addr_copy() over memcpy() if the Ethernet addresses are _

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Date:	Mon, 19 May 2014 19:42:48 +1000
From:	Anil Belur <askb23@...il.com>
To:	rupesh.gujare@...el.com
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, Anil Belur <askb23@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] staging: ozwpan: ozproto.c fix for "WARNING: Prefer ether_addr_copy() over memcpy() if the Ethernet addresses are __aligned(2)"

From: Anil Belur <askb23@...il.com>

Fixed the warning message by replacing memcpy() with ether_addr_copy()

Signed-off-by: Anil Belur <askb23@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozproto.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozproto.c b/drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozproto.c
index f09acd0..1c80132 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozproto.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozproto.c
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ int oz_get_pd_list(struct oz_mac_addr *addr, int max_count)
 		if (count >= max_count)
 			break;
 		pd = container_of(e, struct oz_pd, link);
-		memcpy(&addr[count++], pd->mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+		ether_addr_copy((u8 *)&addr[count++], pd->mac_addr);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_bh(&g_polling_lock);
 	return count;
-- 
1.9.0

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