Patch "wl3501_cs: use eth_hw_addr_set()" has been added to the 5.10-stable tree

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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    wl3501_cs: use eth_hw_addr_set()

to the 5.10-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     wl3501_cs-use-eth_hw_addr_set.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.10 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.



commit 17db231bc4b0d2147547b3c448f5370e55bf7ad7
Author: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Mon Oct 18 16:50:20 2021 -0700

    wl3501_cs: use eth_hw_addr_set()
    
    [ Upstream commit 18774612246d036c04ce9fee7f67192f96f48725 ]
    
    Commit 406f42fa0d3c ("net-next: When a bond have a massive amount
    of VLANs...") introduced a rbtree for faster Ethernet address look
    up. To maintain netdev->dev_addr in this tree we need to make all
    the writes to it got through appropriate helpers.
    
    Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211018235021.1279697-15-kuba@xxxxxxxxxx
    Stable-dep-of: 391af06a02e7 ("wifi: wl3501_cs: Fix an error handling path in wl3501_probe()")
    Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.c
index cb71b73853f4e..7351a2c127adc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.c
@@ -1945,8 +1945,7 @@ static int wl3501_config(struct pcmcia_device *link)
 		goto failed;
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < 6; i++)
-		dev->dev_addr[i] = ((char *)&this->mac_addr)[i];
+	eth_hw_addr_set(dev, this->mac_addr);
 
 	/* print probe information */
 	printk(KERN_INFO "%s: wl3501 @ 0x%3.3x, IRQ %d, "



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