linux-kernel - [PATCH RESEND 1/4] Staging: rtl8712: Fix warning prefer eth_broadcast

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Message-Id: <1444847155-11243-2-git-send-email-punitvara@gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 14 Oct 2015 23:55:52 +0530
From:	Punit Vara <punitvara@...il.com>
To:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:	Larry.Finger@...inger.net, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	Julia.Lawall@...6.fr, sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com,
	dan.carpenter@...cle.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Punit Vara <punitvara@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH RESEND 1/4] Staging: rtl8712: Fix warning prefer eth_broadcast_addr() over memset()

This patch is to the rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c that fixes up following
warning by checkpatch.pl:

-Prefer eth_broadcast_addr() over memset()

Signed-off-by: Punit Vara <punitvara@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
index 143be0f..2ba055d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
@@ -1811,8 +1811,7 @@ static int r871x_wx_set_enc_ext(struct net_device *dev,
 	if (param == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	param->cmd = IEEE_CMD_SET_ENCRYPTION;
-	memset(param->sta_addr, 0xff, ETH_ALEN);
-
+	eth_broadcast_addr(param->sta_addr);
 	strncpy((char *)param->u.crypt.alg, alg_name, IEEE_CRYPT_ALG_NAME_LEN);
 	if (pext->ext_flags & IW_ENCODE_EXT_GROUP_KEY)
 		param->u.crypt.set_tx = 0;
-- 
2.5.3

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