brcmfmac: remove mac address validation from brcmf_net_attach()
authorArend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Thu, 15 Nov 2012 02:46:12 +0000 (18:46 -0800)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:28:53 +0000 (14:28 -0500)
The mac_addr field in ifp object is always valid so no need to
validate.

Reviewed-by: Pieter-Paul Giesberts <pieterpg@broadcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Hante Meuleman <meuleman@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Franky Lin <frankyl@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c

index 9a590cb..51cbc72 100644 (file)
@@ -648,7 +648,6 @@ int brcmf_net_attach(struct brcmf_if *ifp)
 {
        struct brcmf_pub *drvr = ifp->drvr;
        struct net_device *ndev;
-       u8 temp_addr[ETH_ALEN];
 
        brcmf_dbg(TRACE, "ifidx %d mac %pM\n", ifp->idx, ifp->mac_addr);
        ndev = ifp->ndev;
@@ -659,21 +658,14 @@ int brcmf_net_attach(struct brcmf_if *ifp)
        else
                ndev->netdev_ops = &brcmf_netdev_ops_virt;
 
-       /*
-        * determine mac address to use
-        */
-       if (is_valid_ether_addr(ifp->mac_addr))
-               memcpy(temp_addr, ifp->mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
-       else
-               memcpy(temp_addr, drvr->mac, ETH_ALEN);
-
        ndev->hard_header_len = ETH_HLEN + drvr->hdrlen;
        ndev->ethtool_ops = &brcmf_ethtool_ops;
 
        drvr->rxsz = ndev->mtu + ndev->hard_header_len +
                              drvr->hdrlen;
 
-       memcpy(ndev->dev_addr, temp_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+       /* set the mac address */
+       memcpy(ndev->dev_addr, ifp->mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
 
        if (register_netdev(ndev) != 0) {
                brcmf_dbg(ERROR, "couldn't register the net device\n");