Date: Sun, 17 May 2015 16:27:10 -0700
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Jagan Teki <jteki@openedev.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>,
        Florian Schilhabel <florian.c.schilhabel@googlemail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8712: Use ether_addr_copy() instead of
 memcpy()
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On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 02:27:01AM +0530, Jagan Teki wrote:
> This patch fixes to use ether_addr_copy() instead of memcpy()
> 
> Encounter this by applying checkpatch.pl against this file:
>   WARNING: Prefer ether_addr_copy() over memcpy()
>   if the Ethernet addresses are __aligned(2)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jagan Teki <jteki@openedev.com>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
> Cc: Florian Schilhabel <florian.c.schilhabel@googlemail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c | 10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

You need to prove that the addresses are aligned, please do so in the
changelog entry.
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