linux-kernel - Re: brcmsmac: improve readability on addresses copy

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Date:   Tue, 15 Jun 2021 10:40:40 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Íñigo Huguet <ihuguet@...hat.com>
Cc:     Arend van Spriel <aspriel@...il.com>,
        Franky Lin <franky.lin@...adcom.com>,
        Hante Meuleman <hante.meuleman@...adcom.com>,
        Chi-hsien Lin <chi-hsien.lin@...ineon.com>,
        Wright Feng <wright.feng@...ineon.com>,
        Chung-hsien Hsu <chung-hsien.hsu@...ineon.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@...adcom.com,
        SHA-cyfmac-dev-list@...ineon.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: brcmsmac: improve readability on addresses copy

Íñigo Huguet <ihuguet@...hat.com> wrote:

> A static analyzer identified as a potential bug the copy of
> 12 bytes from a 6 bytes array to a 6 bytes array. Both
> arrays are 6 bytes addresses.
> 
> Although not being a real bug, it is not immediately clear
> why is done this way: next 6 bytes address, contiguous to
> the first one, must also be copied to next contiguous 6 bytes
> address of the destination.
> 
> Copying each one separately will make both static analyzers
> and reviewers happier.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Íñigo Huguet <ihuguet@...hat.com>

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

c0277e25d28f brcmsmac: improve readability on addresses copy

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20210511070257.7843-1-ihuguet@redhat.com/

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