Re: [PATCH net-next 05/15] 6lowpan: use short IEEE 802.15.4 addresses for broadcast destination

It is intended that the IEEE 802.15.4 standard uses the 0xFFFF short address (2
bytes) for message broadcasting.

Signed-off-by: Tony Cheneau <redacted>
---
 net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c |   21 +++++++++++++--------
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
index 49d91df..8a2ee95 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c

@@ -577,21 +577,26 @@ static int lowpan_header_create(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	 * this isn't implemented in mainline yet, so currently we assign 0xff
 	 */
 	{
+		mac_cb(skb)->flags = IEEE802154_FC_TYPE_DATA;
+
 		/* prepare wpan address data */
 		sa.addr_type = IEEE802154_ADDR_LONG;
 		sa.pan_id = 0xff;
-
-		da.addr_type = IEEE802154_ADDR_LONG;
-		da.pan_id = 0xff;
-
-		memcpy(&(da.hwaddr), daddr, 8);
 		memcpy(&(sa.hwaddr), saddr, 8);
 
-		mac_cb(skb)->flags = IEEE802154_FC_TYPE_DATA;
+		da.pan_id = 0xff;
+		/* if the destination address is the broadcast address,
+		   use short address */