Re: [PATCH 4/5] net: macb: Use ether_addr_copy over memcpy

From: Michal Simek
Date: Mon Mar 14 2016 - 16:48:26 EST


On 13.3.2016 20:10, Moritz Fischer wrote:
> Checkpatch suggests using ether_addr_copy over memcpy
> to copy the mac address.
>
> Signed-off-by: Moritz Fischer <moritz.fischer@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
> index 53400f6..a0c01e5 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
> @@ -2891,7 +2891,7 @@ static int macb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>
> mac = of_get_mac_address(np);
> if (mac)
> - memcpy(bp->dev->dev_addr, mac, ETH_ALEN);
> + ether_addr_copy(bp->dev->dev_addr, mac);
> else
> macb_get_hwaddr(bp);
>
>

Acked-by: Michal Simek <michal.simek@xxxxxxxxxx>
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