Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] staging: rtl8723bs: refactor rtw_macaddr_cfg()

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Tue Jun 26 2018 - 13:29:58 EST


On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 11:14 AM, Michael Straube
<straube.linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Using is_broadcast_ether_addr() and is_zero_ether_addr() instead of
> testing each byte of the mac[] array for 0xff and 0x00 shortens the
> code and improves readability.
>
> If np == NULL, of_get_property() returns NULL, hence the "np" check
> is not needed.
>
> Instead of a fixed default mac address use a random one to reduce the
> likelihood of mac address collision.
>

> Thanks to Joe Perches and Dan Carpenter.

I guess you may use Suggested-by tag as well.

>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Straube <straube.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c | 19 ++++---------------
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
> index e55895632921..7aa00d1391f7 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
> @@ -1177,24 +1177,13 @@ void rtw_macaddr_cfg(struct device *dev, u8 *mac_addr)
> memcpy(mac, mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
> }
>
> - if (((mac[0] == 0xff) && (mac[1] == 0xff) && (mac[2] == 0xff) &&
> - (mac[3] == 0xff) && (mac[4] == 0xff) && (mac[5] == 0xff)) ||
> - ((mac[0] == 0x00) && (mac[1] == 0x00) && (mac[2] == 0x00) &&
> - (mac[3] == 0x00) && (mac[4] == 0x00) && (mac[5] == 0x00))) {
> - if (np &&
> - (addr = of_get_property(np, "local-mac-address", &len)) &&
> + if (is_broadcast_ether_addr(mac) || is_zero_ether_addr(mac)) {
> + if ((addr = of_get_property(np, "local-mac-address", &len)) &&
> len == ETH_ALEN) {
> memcpy(mac_addr, addr, ETH_ALEN);
> } else {
> - mac[0] = 0x00;
> - mac[1] = 0xe0;
> - mac[2] = 0x4c;
> - mac[3] = 0x87;
> - mac[4] = 0x00;
> - mac[5] = 0x00;
> - /* use default mac addresss */
> - memcpy(mac_addr, mac, ETH_ALEN);
> - DBG_871X("MAC Address from efuse error, assign default one !!!\n");
> + eth_random_addr(mac_addr);
> + DBG_871X("MAC Address from efuse error, assign random one !!!\n");
> }
> }
>
> --
> 2.18.0
>



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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko