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[ETH]: ether address compare

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Expose faster ether compare for use by protocols and other
driver. And change name to be more consistent with other ether
address manipulation routines in same file

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@mandriva.com>
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Stephen Hemminger 2005-10-25 15:03:41 -07:00 • committed by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
parent e83b860539
commit 360ac8e2f1
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include/linux/etherdevice.h
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@ -104,6 +104,22 @@ static inline void random_ether_addr(u8 *addr)
addr [0] &= 0xfe; /* clear multicast bit */
addr [0] |= 0x02; /* set local assignment bit (IEEE802) */
}
/**
* compare_ether_addr - Compare two Ethernet addresses
* @addr1: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
* @addr2 Pointer other six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
*
* Compare two ethernet addresses, returns 0 if equal
*/
static inline unsigned compare_ether_addr(const u8 *_a, const u8 *_b)
{
const u16 *a = (const u16 *) _a;
const u16 *b = (const u16 *) _b;
BUILD_BUG_ON(ETH_ALEN != 6);
return ((a[0] ^ b[0]) | (a[1] ^ b[1]) | (a[2] ^ b[2])) != 0;
}
#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
#endif /* _LINUX_ETHERDEVICE_H */