"addr" is a pointer so it's either 4 or 8 bytes, but actually we want to compare 6 bytes (ETH_ALEN). As network stack already provides helper function is_zero_ether_addr() we use that instead of memcmp Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rupesh Gujare <rgujare@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- V1: by Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> V2: replace memcmp with is_zero_ether_addr drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozcdev.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozcdev.c b/drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozcdev.c index d983219..77c4104 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozcdev.c +++ b/drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozcdev.c @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ static int oz_set_active_pd(u8 *addr) if (old_pd) oz_pd_put(old_pd); } else { - if (!memcmp(addr, "\0\0\0\0\0\0", sizeof(addr))) { + if (is_zero_ether_addr(addr)) { spin_lock_bh(&g_cdev.lock); pd = g_cdev.active_pd; g_cdev.active_pd = 0; -- 1.7.4.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html