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802: Convert compare_ether_addr to ether_addr_equal

Use the new bool function ether_addr_equal to add
some clarity and reduce the likelihood for misuse
of compare_ether_addr for sorting.

Done via cocci script:

$ cat compare_ether_addr.cocci
@@
expression a,b;
@@
- !compare_ether_addr(a, b)
+ ether_addr_equal(a, b)

@@
expression a,b;
@@
- compare_ether_addr(a, b)
+ !ether_addr_equal(a, b)

@@
expression a,b;
@@
- !ether_addr_equal(a, b) == 0
+ ether_addr_equal(a, b)

@@
expression a,b;
@@
- !ether_addr_equal(a, b) != 0
+ !ether_addr_equal(a, b)

@@
expression a,b;
@@
- ether_addr_equal(a, b) == 0
+ !ether_addr_equal(a, b)

@@
expression a,b;
@@
- ether_addr_equal(a, b) != 0
+ ether_addr_equal(a, b)

@@
expression a,b;
@@
- !!ether_addr_equal(a, b)
+ ether_addr_equal(a, b)

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

authored by

Joe Perches and committed by
David S. Miller
28b29801 a599b0f5

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+1 -1
net/802/stp.c
··· 46 46 proto = rcu_dereference(garp_protos[eh->h_dest[5] - 47 47 GARP_ADDR_MIN]); 48 48 if (proto && 49 - compare_ether_addr(eh->h_dest, proto->group_address)) 49 + !ether_addr_equal(eh->h_dest, proto->group_address)) 50 50 goto err; 51 51 } else 52 52 proto = rcu_dereference(stp_proto);