netdev - [net-next PATCH 4/5] flow_dissector: Use same pointer for IPv4 and IPv6 addresses

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Date:	Wed, 24 Feb 2016 09:29:57 -0800
From:	Alexander Duyck <aduyck@...antis.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	alexander.duyck@...il.com
Subject: [net-next PATCH 4/5] flow_dissector: Use same pointer for IPv4 and
 IPv6 addresses

The IPv6 parsing was using a local pointer when it could use the same
pointer as the IPv4 portion of the code since the key_addrs can support
both IPv4 and IPv6 as it is just a pointer.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <aduyck@...antis.com>
---
 net/core/flow_dissector.c |   11 +++++------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/flow_dissector.c b/net/core/flow_dissector.c
index 6288153d7f36..7c7b8739b8b8 100644
--- a/net/core/flow_dissector.c
+++ b/net/core/flow_dissector.c
@@ -220,13 +220,12 @@ ipv6:
 
 		if (dissector_uses_key(flow_dissector,
 				       FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_IPV6_ADDRS)) {
-			struct flow_dissector_key_ipv6_addrs *key_ipv6_addrs;
-
-			key_ipv6_addrs = skb_flow_dissector_target(flow_dissector,
-								   FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_IPV6_ADDRS,
-								   target_container);
+			key_addrs = skb_flow_dissector_target(flow_dissector,
+							      FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_IPV6_ADDRS,
+							      target_container);
 
-			memcpy(key_ipv6_addrs, &iph->saddr, sizeof(*key_ipv6_addrs));
+			memcpy(&key_addrs->v6addrs, &iph->saddr,
+			       sizeof(key_addrs->v6addrs));
 			key_control->addr_type = FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_IPV6_ADDRS;
 		}