linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: rtl8192e: prefer using eth_broadcast

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Message-ID: <20160120130716.GA11131@IND12F0122>
Date:	Wed, 20 Jan 2016 13:06:13 +0000
From:	"Gujulan Elango, Hari Prasath (H.)" <hgujulan@...teon.com>
To:	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"mateusz.kulikowski@...il.com" <mateusz.kulikowski@...il.com>,
	"vthakkar1994@...il.com" <vthakkar1994@...il.com>,
	"DHANAPAL, GNANACHANDRAN (G.)" <gdhanapa@...teon.com>
CC:	"devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192e: prefer using eth_broadcast_addr()

From: Hari Prasath Gujulan Elango

Prefer using the eth_broadcast_addr() instead of memset to broadcast
address 0xFF to the array.

Signed-off-by: Hari Prasath Gujulan Elango <hgujulan@...teon.com>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c
index d0fedb0..2a57640 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c
@@ -355,9 +355,9 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *rtllib_probe_req(struct rtllib_device *ieee)
 	req->header.frame_ctl = cpu_to_le16(RTLLIB_STYPE_PROBE_REQ);
 	req->header.duration_id = 0;
 
-	memset(req->header.addr1, 0xff, ETH_ALEN);
+	eth_broadcast_addr(req->header.addr1);
 	ether_addr_copy(req->header.addr2, ieee->dev->dev_addr);
-	memset(req->header.addr3, 0xff, ETH_ALEN);
+	eth_broadcast_addr(req->header.addr3);
 
 	tag = (u8 *) skb_put(skb, len + 2 + rate_len);
 
-- 
1.9.1