linux-kernel - [PATCH] ipv6: exthdrs: use swap macro in ipv6_dest

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Date:   Thu, 26 Oct 2017 23:10:35 -0500
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
To:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>,
        Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ipv6: exthdrs: use swap macro in ipv6_dest_hao

make use of the swap macro and remove unnecessary variable tmp_addr.
This makes the code easier to read and maintain.

This code was detected with the help of Coccinelle.

Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
---
 net/ipv6/exthdrs.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c b/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c
index 7835dea..9f918a7 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ static bool ipv6_dest_hao(struct sk_buff *skb, int optoff)
 	struct ipv6_destopt_hao *hao;
 	struct inet6_skb_parm *opt = IP6CB(skb);
 	struct ipv6hdr *ipv6h = ipv6_hdr(skb);
-	struct in6_addr tmp_addr;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (opt->dsthao) {
@@ -229,9 +228,7 @@ static bool ipv6_dest_hao(struct sk_buff *skb, int optoff)
 	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_COMPLETE)
 		skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_NONE;
 
-	tmp_addr = ipv6h->saddr;
-	ipv6h->saddr = hao->addr;
-	hao->addr = tmp_addr;
+	swap(ipv6h->saddr, hao->addr);
 
 	if (skb->tstamp == 0)
 		__net_timestamp(skb);
-- 
2.7.4