This patch fixes the following checkpatch.pl warning: Prefer
ether_addr_copy() over memcpy() if the Ethernet addresses are
__aligned(2)
According to ether_addr_copy() description and functionality, all
Ethernet addresses should align to the u16 datatype.
Here is the output of pahole for the relevant datastructures:
struct del_sta {
u8 mac_addr[6]; /* 0 6 */
/* size: 6, cachelines: 1, members: 1 */
/* last cacheline: 6 bytes */
};
struct sta_inactive_t {
u8 mac[6]; /* 0 6 */
/* size: 6, cachelines: 1, members: 1 */
/* last cacheline: 6 bytes */
};
Signed-off-by: Mihaela Muraru <mihaela.muraru21@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
wid.val = kmalloc(wid.size, GFP_KERNEL);
stamac = wid.val;
- memcpy(stamac, strHostIfStaInactiveT->mac, ETH_ALEN);
+ ether_addr_copy(stamac, strHostIfStaInactiveT->mac);
result = wilc_send_config_pkt(vif, SET_CFG, &wid, 1,
wilc_get_vif_idx(vif));
pu8CurrByte = wid.val;
- memcpy(pu8CurrByte, pstrDelStaParam->mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+ ether_addr_copy(pu8CurrByte, pstrDelStaParam->mac_addr);
result = wilc_send_config_pkt(vif, SET_CFG, &wid, 1,
wilc_get_vif_idx(vif));