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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdU7_6oDv1DKMAeCMoGWkakBn_vHpHsyvpjzUF3iaoJ=+g@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 09:47:32 +0200
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To: Rosen Penev <rosenp@...il.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>, 
	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>, 
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, 
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, 
	Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@...utronix.de>, Woojung Huh <woojung.huh@...rochip.com>, 
	"maintainer:MICROCHIP KSZ SERIES ETHERNET SWITCH DRIVER" <UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com>, 
	Clément Léger <clement.leger@...tlin.com>, 
	George McCollister <george.mccollister@...il.com>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, 
	open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, 
	"open list:RENESAS RZ/N1 A5PSW SWITCH DRIVER" <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 net-next] net: dsa: use ethtool string helpers

Hi Rosen,

On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 10:16 PM Rosen Penev <rosenp@...il.com> wrote:
> These are the prefered way to copy ethtool strings.
>
> Avoids incrementing pointers all over the place.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@...il.com>
> Reviewed-by: Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@...utronix.de>
> ---
>  v2: remove curly braces from rzn1_a5psw.c

Thanks for the update!

> --- a/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_common.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_common.c
> @@ -2113,8 +2113,7 @@ static void ksz_get_strings(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port,
>                 return;
>
>         for (i = 0; i < dev->info->mib_cnt; i++) {
> -               memcpy(buf + i * ETH_GSTRING_LEN,
> -                      dev->info->mib_names[i].string, ETH_GSTRING_LEN);
> +               ethtool_puts(&buf, dev->info->mib_names[i].string);
>         }

This location could benefit from a similar change.

>  }
>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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