Re: [PATCH] staging: vt6656: Use ether_addr_copy() on vnt_private members.

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue Jan 13 2015 - 13:52:07 EST


On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 07:42:28PM +0100, Krzysztof Adamski wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 07:42:12PM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> >On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 05:15:41PM +0100, Krzysztof Adamski wrote:
> >>This patch fixes checkpatch.pl warning:
> >>WARNING: Prefer ether_addr_copy() over memcpy() if the Ethernet
> >>addresses are __aligned(2)
> >>
> >>current_net_addr and permanent_net_addr members of vnt_private alignment
> >>is changed to at last 16 bits so that ether_addr_copy can be safely used
> >>on them.
> >>
> >>buf->data is of type ieee80211_cts which is already properly aligned.
> >>
> >>Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Adamski <k@xxxxxxxx>
> >>---
> >>drivers/staging/vt6656/device.h | 4 ++--
> >>drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c | 3 ++-
> >>drivers/staging/vt6656/rxtx.c | 4 ++--
> >>3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> >Doesn't apply to my tree :(
>
> Strange, I was trying to apply this on your tree to fix any conflicts but
> apparently you already has this patch in your staging-testing branch. And as
> far as I can tell I only sent it once to you.

I think you sent it lots of times, if it's there already, don't worry
about it :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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