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authorFelix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>2012-03-01 15:22:09 +0100
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2012-03-05 21:38:31 +0100
commit888d04dfbe7e09f930fdaafb257cce2c54c9c3f3 (patch)
treecdf0c4d4008860fd91db31bcc620a8ecd3d95bc1 /net/mac80211/sta_info.h
parentmac80211: use 16 bit alignment for the if_ibss bssid field (diff)
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mac80211: use compare_ether_addr on MAC addresses instead of memcmp
Because of the constant size and guaranteed 16 bit alignment, the inline compare_ether_addr function is much cheaper than calling memcmp. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/mac80211/sta_info.h')
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/sta_info.h3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.h b/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
index 23a97c9dc042..3336d54e5558 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
#include <linux/if_ether.h>
#include <linux/workqueue.h>
#include <linux/average.h>
+#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
#include "key.h"
/**
@@ -489,7 +490,7 @@ void for_each_sta_info_type_check(struct ieee80211_local *local,
nxt = _sta ? rcu_dereference(_sta->hnext) : NULL \
) \
/* compare address and run code only if it matches */ \
- if (memcmp(_sta->sta.addr, (_addr), ETH_ALEN) == 0)
+ if (compare_ether_addr(_sta->sta.addr, (_addr)) == 0)
/*
* Get STA info by index, BROKEN!