linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] Staging: rtl8192e: Replace memcpy by ethr_addr

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Date:	Sun, 6 Sep 2015 14:38:16 -0500
From:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:	Shraddha Barke <shraddha.6596@...il.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Florian Schilhabel <florian.c.schilhabel@...glemail.com>,
	Mateusz Kulikowski <mateusz.kulikowski@...il.com>,
	Aya Mahfouz <mahfouz.saif.elyazal@...il.com>,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] Staging: rtl8192e: Replace memcpy by ethr_addr_copy

On 09/06/2015 02:04 PM, Shraddha Barke wrote:
> The patch replaces memcpy with ethr_addr_copy
>
> The changes were applied using the following coccinelle
> rule:
> @@ expression e1, e2; @@
> - memcpy(e1, e2, ETH_ALEN);
> + ether_addr_copy(e1, e2);
>
> Signed-off-by: Shraddha Barke <shraddha.6596@...il.com>
> ---
>   drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac_wx.c | 4 ++--
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

The same comments apply as in patch 1/3. NACK.

Larry

>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac_wx.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac_wx.c
> index 86f52ac..cf243fe 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac_wx.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac_wx.c
> @@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ int rtllib_wx_get_wap(struct rtllib_device *ieee,
>
>   		eth_zero_addr(wrqu->ap_addr.sa_data);
>   	else
> -		memcpy(wrqu->ap_addr.sa_data,
> -		       ieee->current_network.bssid, ETH_ALEN);
> +		ether_addr_copy(wrqu->ap_addr.sa_data,
> +				ieee->current_network.bssid);
>
>   	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ieee->lock, flags);
>
>

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