linux-kernel - Re: [v2] mwifiex: Use put_unaligned

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Date:   Fri, 13 Oct 2017 09:42:43 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com>
Cc:     amitkarwar@...il.com, nishants@...vell.com, gbhat@...vell.com,
        huxm@...vell.com, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [v2] mwifiex: Use put_unaligned_le32

Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com> wrote:

> Use put_unaligned_le32 rather than using byte ordering function and
> memcpy which makes code clear.
> Also, add the header file where it is declared.
> 
> Done using Coccinelle and semantic patch used is :
> 
> @ rule1 @
> identifier tmp; expression ptr,x; type T;
> @@
> 
> - tmp = cpu_to_le32(x);
> 
>   <+... when != tmp
> - memcpy(ptr, (T)&tmp, ...);
> + put_unaligned_le32(x,ptr);
>   ...+>
> 
> @ depends on rule1 @
> type j; identifier tmp;
> @@
> 
> - j tmp;
>   ...when != tmp
> 
> Signed-off-by: Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

317049204cd3 mwifiex: Use put_unaligned_le32

-- 
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9989655/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches