netdev - Re: [RFC V3 1/2] I'dcfg80211: Move the definition of struct mac

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Date:	Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:38:55 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vthiagar@....qualcomm.com>
Cc:	linville@...driver.com, johannes@...solutions.net,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC V3 1/2] I'dcfg80211: Move the definition of struct
 mac_address up

On Fri, 2012-12-07 at 09:47 +0530, Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan wrote:
> struct mac_address will be used by ACL related configuration ops.

I'd prefer that any new code _not_ use struct mac_address
but use u8 addr[ETH_ALEN] instead.

That's the most common style in the kernel.

$ git grep -E "\bu8\s+\w+\s*\[\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\]" | wc -l
749
$ git grep -E "\bstruct\s+mac_address\b" | wc -l
13

There are also uses of char and unsigned char

$ git grep -E "\bchar\s+\w+\s*\[\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\]" | wc -l
121

Some of those are ancient, but it'd be good to
be consistent throughout the kernel.

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