linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/8] staging: r8188eu: use is_multicast_ether_addr instead of IS

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Date:   Mon, 23 Aug 2021 23:15:03 +0100
From:   Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>
To:     Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>
Cc:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Martin Kaiser <martin@...ser.cx>,
        "Fabio M. De Francesco" <fmdefrancesco@...il.com>,
        "open list:STAGING SUBSYSTEM" <linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] staging: r8188eu: use is_multicast_ether_addr instead
 of IS_MCAST

On Mon, 23 Aug 2021 at 13:02, Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com> wrote:
>
> This series replaces most uses of the custom IS_MCAST macro with
> is_multicast_ether_addr. The goal is to get rid of IS_MCAST.
> There is only one usage left in rtw_sta_mgt.c, but that one needs
> more effort to verify that the buffers are properly aligned, so I
> left it as is for now.
>
> Michael Straube (8):
>   staging: r8188eu: ensure proper alignment for eth address buffers
>   staging: r8188eu: use is_multicast_ether_addr in core/rtw_mlme.c
>   staging: r8188eu: use is_multicast_ether_addr in core/rtw_mp.c
>   staging: r8188eu: use is_multicast_ether_addr in core/rtw_recv.c
>   staging: r8188eu: use is_multicast_ether_addr in core/rtw_security.c
>   staging: r8188eu: use is_multicast_ether_addr in core/rtw_xmit.c
>   staging: r8188eu: use is_multicast_ether_addr in hal/rtl8188eu_xmit.c
>   staging: r8188eu: use is_multicast_ether_addr in os_dep/recv_linux.c
>
>  drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c      |  4 ++--
>  drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_mp.c        |  4 ++--
>  drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c      | 20 ++++++++++----------
>  drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_security.c  |  8 ++++----
>  drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c      | 15 ++++++---------
>  drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_xmit.c |  3 +--
>  drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_recv.h   | 10 +++++-----
>  drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_xmit.h   |  8 ++++----
>  drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/recv_linux.c  |  2 +-
>  9 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.32.0
>

Dear Michael,

Based on my limited knowledge, looks good to me. Also I built and
runtime tested it with my N10-Nano, driver works well still. Many
thanks.

For whole series:
Acked-by: Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>

Regards,
Phil