Revert "Revert "[wpa_supplicant] cumilative patch from commit 3a..."

Revert submission 28102966-revert-26533062-Supplicant_merge_June24-CUATTSRBBR

Reason for revert: Fixed the regression issue (ag/28389573)

Reverted changes: /q/submissionid:28102966-revert-26533062-Supplicant_merge_June24-CUATTSRBBR

Bug: 329004037
Test: Turn ON/OFF SoftAp multiple times

Change-Id: Ibfff2a847be5678f1a6d77e28506a05936812a91
diff --git a/src/drivers/driver_atheros.c b/src/drivers/driver_atheros.c
index 59f65b8..ae7f0e5 100644
--- a/src/drivers/driver_atheros.c
+++ b/src/drivers/driver_atheros.c
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@
 			 &stats, sizeof(stats))) {
 		wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "%s: Failed to fetch STA stats (addr "
 			   MACSTR ")", __func__, MAC2STR(addr));
-		if (os_memcmp(addr, drv->acct_mac, ETH_ALEN) == 0) {
+		if (ether_addr_equal(addr, drv->acct_mac)) {
 			os_memcpy(data, &drv->acct_data, sizeof(*data));
 			return 0;
 		}
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (stype == WLAN_FC_STYPE_ACTION &&
-	    (os_memcmp(drv->own_addr, mgmt->bssid, ETH_ALEN) == 0 ||
+	    (ether_addr_equal(drv->own_addr, mgmt->bssid) ||
 	     is_broadcast_ether_addr(mgmt->bssid))) {
 		os_memset(&event, 0, sizeof(event));
 		event.rx_mgmt.frame = buf;
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (os_memcmp(drv->own_addr, mgmt->bssid, ETH_ALEN) != 0) {
+	if (!ether_addr_equal(drv->own_addr, mgmt->bssid)) {
 		wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "%s: BSSID does not match - ignore",
 			   __func__);
 		return;
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@
 no_ie:
 	drv_event_assoc(hapd, addr, iebuf, ielen, NULL, 0, NULL, -1, 0);
 
-	if (os_memcmp(addr, drv->acct_mac, ETH_ALEN) == 0) {
+	if (ether_addr_equal(addr, drv->acct_mac)) {
 		/* Cached accounting data is not valid anymore. */
 		os_memset(drv->acct_mac, 0, ETH_ALEN);
 		os_memset(&drv->acct_data, 0, sizeof(drv->acct_data));