brcmfmac: remove mac address validation from brcmf_net_attach()

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>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c
index 9a590cb06d93..51cbc7234583 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c
@@ -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");