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[PATCH net-next 3/4] mlx4: remove custom dev_addr clearing

From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Date: 2021-10-04 19:15:05
Also in: linux-rdma
Subsystem: mellanox ethernet driver (mlx4_en), mellanox mlx4 core vpi driver, networking drivers, the rest · Maintainers: Tariq Toukan, Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds

mlx4_en_u64_to_mac() takes the dev->dev_addr pointer and writes
to it byte by byte. It also clears the two bytes _after_ ETH_ALEN
which seems unnecessary. dev->addr_len is set to ETH_ALEN just
before the call.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c | 14 ++++++--------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
index 76c8fe8e0125..dce228170b14 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
@@ -527,14 +527,12 @@ static int mlx4_en_vlan_rx_kill_vid(struct net_device *dev,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static void mlx4_en_u64_to_mac(unsigned char dst_mac[ETH_ALEN + 2], u64 src_mac)
+static void mlx4_en_u64_to_mac(struct net_device *dev, u64 src_mac)
 {
-	int i;
-	for (i = ETH_ALEN - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
-		dst_mac[i] = src_mac & 0xff;
-		src_mac >>= 8;
-	}
-	memset(&dst_mac[ETH_ALEN], 0, 2);
+	u8 addr[ETH_ALEN];
+
+	u64_to_ether_addr(src_mac, addr);
+	eth_hw_addr_set(dev, addr);
 }
 
 
@@ -3267,7 +3265,7 @@ int mlx4_en_init_netdev(struct mlx4_en_dev *mdev, int port,
 
 	/* Set default MAC */
 	dev->addr_len = ETH_ALEN;
-	mlx4_en_u64_to_mac(dev->dev_addr, mdev->dev->caps.def_mac[priv->port]);
+	mlx4_en_u64_to_mac(dev, mdev->dev->caps.def_mac[priv->port]);
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr)) {
 		en_err(priv, "Port: %d, invalid mac burned: %pM, quitting\n",
 		       priv->port, dev->dev_addr);
-- 
2.31.1
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