The patch titled
Subject: checkpatch: suggest using ether_addr_equal*()
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
checkpatch-suggest-using-ether_addr_equal.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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From: Mateusz Kulikowski <mateusz.kulikowski@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: checkpatch: suggest using ether_addr_equal*()
Check if memcmp() is used to compare ethernet addresses and suggest using
ether_addr_equal() or ether_addr_equal_unaligned()
Signed-off-by: Mateusz Kulikowski <mateusz.kulikowski@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-suggest-using-ether_addr_equal scripts/checkpatch.pl
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-suggest-using-ether_addr_equal
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5157,6 +5157,14 @@ sub process {
}
}
+# Check for memcmp(foo, bar, ETH_ALEN) that could be ether_addr_equal*(foo, bar)
+ if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
+ defined $stat &&
+ $stat =~ /^\+(?:.*?)\bmemcmp\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/) {
+ WARN("PREFER_ETHER_ADDR_EQUAL",
+ "Prefer ether_addr_equal() or ether_addr_equal_unaligned() over memcmp()\n" . "$here\n$stat\n")
+ }
+
# typecasts on min/max could be min_t/max_t
if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
defined $stat &&
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from mateusz.kulikowski@xxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
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