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mac80211: use compare_ether_addr on MAC addresses instead of memcmp

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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>
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Felix Fietkau
2012-03-01 15:22:09 +01:00
committed by John W. Linville
parent 4d196e4b2f
commit 888d04dfbe
10 changed files with 53 additions and 42 deletions
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net/mac80211/sta_info.h
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@@ -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!