linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: do not use assignment in if condition

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Date:   Fri, 22 Jun 2018 18:59:06 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Michael Straube <michael.straube@...teo.de>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: do not use assignment in if
 condition

On Fri, 2018-06-22 at 21:11 +0200, Michael Straube wrote:
> On 06/22/18 19:28, Joe Perches wrote:
> > Although the last memcpy of a fixed mac address could
> > probably use eth_random_addr to reduce the likelihood
> > of mac address collision so maybe
> > 		eth_random_addr(mac_addr);
> Using a random address would be preffered?

mac address duplication is bad, so if there
were 2 instances of this device on the same
ethernet network, yes.

> 
> Thanks for your help and patience.
> Michael