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Re: [PATCH] sfc: Replace memset with eth_zero_addr

From: Lucas Tanure <hidden>
Date: 2016-01-20 11:49:06
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Hi,

On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 9:44 AM, Sergei Shtylyov
[off-list ref] wrote:
Hello.

On 1/20/2016 2:27 AM, Lucas Tanure wrote:
quoted
Use eth_zero_addr to assign the zero address to the given address array
instead of memset when second argument is address of zero.

   What address? memset() takes just 1 address. :-)
I mean the vf->mac, a pointer to a six-byte array containing the
Ethernet address.
quoted
Signed-off-by: Lucas Tanure <redacted>
---
  drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10_sriov.c | 2 +-
  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10_sriov.c
b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10_sriov.c
index 3c17f27..10f60db 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10_sriov.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10_sriov.c
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ int efx_ef10_sriov_set_vf_mac(struct efx_nic *efx, int
vf_i, u8 *mac)
        return 0;

  fail:
-       memset(vf->mac, 0, ETH_ALEN);
+       eth_zero_addr(vf->mac);
        return rc;
  }
MBR, Sergei
Thanks, Tanure
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