linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 14/28] net: split eth_platform_get_mac

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <CAMRc=MfgoCt1BvRx1jJrYp_258_Z9NTNs7waEiOCvdTsK+KWFg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 9 Aug 2018 13:12:47 +0200
From:   Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...nel.org>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...tlin.com>,
        Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>,
        Naren <naren.kernel@...il.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@...aro.org>,
        Sven Van Asbroeck <svendev@...x.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Alban Bedel <albeu@...e.fr>,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        David Lechner <david@...hnology.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Linux Documentation List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm Mailing List <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        linux-i2c <linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:MEMORY TECHNOLOGY..." <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux OMAP Mailing List <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/28] net: split eth_platform_get_mac_address() into subroutines

2018-08-08 19:50 GMT+02:00 Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>:
> On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 6:31 PM, Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl> wrote:
>> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>
>>
>> We want do add more sources from which to read the MAC address. In
>> order to avoid bloating this function too much, start by splitting it
>> into subroutines, each of which takes care of reading the MAC from
>> one source.
>
>> +static int mac_address_from_of(struct device *dev, u8 *mac_addr)
>>  {
>>         const unsigned char *addr;
>> +       struct device_node *np;
>>
>
>> +       np = dev_is_pci(dev) ? pci_device_to_OF_node(to_pci_dev(dev))
>> +                            : dev->of_node;
>
> I didn't get these manipulations.
>
> What the scenario when pci_dev->dev.of_node != dev->of_node?
>
> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko

I'll add an additional patch that addresses it.

Bart