[PATCH net-next 11/12] ethernet: ibmveth: use ether_addr_to_u64()

[Tyrel Datwyler]

On 10/15/21 3:16 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> We'll want to make netdev->dev_addr const, remove the local
> helper which is missing a const qualifier on the argument
> and use ether_addr_to_u64().

LGTM. ibmveth_encode_mac_addr() is clearly code duplication of
ether_addr_to_u64() minus the const qualifier.

Reviewed-by: Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld at linux.ibm.com>

> 
> Similar story to mlx4.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba at kernel.org>
> ---
> CC: cforno12 at linux.ibm.com
> CC: mpe at ellerman.id.au
> CC: benh at kernel.crashing.org
> CC: paulus at samba.org
> CC: linuxppc-dev at lists.ozlabs.org
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c | 17 +++--------------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
> index 836617fb3f40..45ba40cf4d07 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
> @@ -483,17 +483,6 @@ static int ibmveth_register_logical_lan(struct ibmveth_adapter *adapter,
>  	return rc;
>  }
> 
> -static u64 ibmveth_encode_mac_addr(u8 *mac)
> -{
> -	int i;
> -	u64 encoded = 0;
> -
> -	for (i = 0; i < ETH_ALEN; i++)
> -		encoded = (encoded << 8) | mac[i];
> -
> -	return encoded;
> -}
> -
>  static int ibmveth_open(struct net_device *netdev)
>  {
>  	struct ibmveth_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
> @@ -553,7 +542,7 @@ static int ibmveth_open(struct net_device *netdev)
>  	adapter->rx_queue.num_slots = rxq_entries;
>  	adapter->rx_queue.toggle = 1;
> 
> -	mac_address = ibmveth_encode_mac_addr(netdev->dev_addr);
> +	mac_address = ether_addr_to_u64(netdev->dev_addr);
> 
>  	rxq_desc.fields.flags_len = IBMVETH_BUF_VALID |
>  					adapter->rx_queue.queue_len;
> @@ -1476,7 +1465,7 @@ static void ibmveth_set_multicast_list(struct net_device *netdev)
>  		netdev_for_each_mc_addr(ha, netdev) {
>  			/* add the multicast address to the filter table */
>  			u64 mcast_addr;
> -			mcast_addr = ibmveth_encode_mac_addr(ha->addr);
> +			mcast_addr = ether_addr_to_u64(ha->addr);
>  			lpar_rc = h_multicast_ctrl(adapter->vdev->unit_address,
>  						   IbmVethMcastAddFilter,
>  						   mcast_addr);
> @@ -1606,7 +1595,7 @@ static int ibmveth_set_mac_addr(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
>  	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data))
>  		return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
> 
> -	mac_address = ibmveth_encode_mac_addr(addr->sa_data);
> +	mac_address = ether_addr_to_u64(addr->sa_data);
>  	rc = h_change_logical_lan_mac(adapter->vdev->unit_address, mac_address);
>  	if (rc) {
>  		netdev_err(adapter->netdev, "h_change_logical_lan_mac failed with rc=%d\n", rc);
>