netdev - [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: ipv6: minor: use in6addr

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Date:	Tue,  9 Apr 2013 15:47:14 +0200
From:	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, hannes@...essinduktion.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: ipv6: minor: use in6addr_any in token init

Since we check for !ipv6_addr_any(&in6_dev->token) in
addrconf_prefix_rcv(), make the token initialization on
device setup more intuitive by using in6addr_any as an
initializer.

Suggested-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
---
 net/ipv6/addrconf.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 65d8139..645bf31 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ static struct inet6_dev *ipv6_add_dev(struct net_device *dev)
 		ipv6_regen_rndid((unsigned long) ndev);
 	}
 #endif
-	memset(ndev->token.s6_addr, 0, sizeof(ndev->token.s6_addr));
+	ndev->token = in6addr_any;
 
 	if (netif_running(dev) && addrconf_qdisc_ok(dev))
 		ndev->if_flags |= IF_READY;
-- 
1.7.1

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