linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] staging: rtl8723bs: remove assignment in condition in core/rtw

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Date:   Wed, 24 Mar 2021 16:50:34 +0100
From:   Fabio Aiuto <fabioaiuto83@...il.com>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Fabio Aiuto <fabioaiuto83@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] staging: rtl8723bs: remove assignment in condition in core/rtw_ieee80211.c

fix the following checkpatch warning:

ERROR: do not use assignment in if condition
1118: FILE: drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c:1118:
+		if ((addr = of_get_property(np, "local-mac-address", &len)) &&

Signed-off-by: Fabio Aiuto <fabioaiuto83@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
index cccbea555a32..e931afc3ba22 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
@@ -1115,8 +1115,9 @@ void rtw_macaddr_cfg(struct device *dev, u8 *mac_addr)
 	}
 
 	if (is_broadcast_ether_addr(mac) || is_zero_ether_addr(mac)) {
-		if ((addr = of_get_property(np, "local-mac-address", &len)) &&
-		    len == ETH_ALEN) {
+		addr = of_get_property(np, "local-mac-address", &len);
+
+		if (addr && len == ETH_ALEN) {
 			ether_addr_copy(mac_addr, addr);
 		} else {
 			eth_random_addr(mac_addr);
-- 
2.20.1