netdev - Re: [PATCH RESEND net-next 1/7] bonding: use ether_addr_equal

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Date:	Thu, 2 Jan 2014 17:00:29 +0800
From:	Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@...wei.com>
To:	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
CC:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>,
	Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...hat.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND net-next 1/7] bonding: use ether_addr_equal_unaligned
 for bond addr compare

On 2014/1/2 16:38, Julia Lawall wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Jan 2014, Ding Tianhong wrote:
> 
>> On 2014/1/2 15:39, Julia Lawall wrote:
>>> Are the casts needed
>>
>>
>> Yes, otherwise the warming will report:
>>
>> /net-next/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c:427: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘ether_addr_equal_64bits’ from incompatible pointer type
> 
> Is it necessary for this driver to use a different type from everyone 
> else?
> 
> julia
> 
Did you mean the MAC_ADDRESS_EQUAL is excess?
I did not remove it because the codes no need to be changed more and it looks that didn't take any negative effect.

Regards
Ding


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