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[net-next,v2,06/20] net: igbvf: slight optimization of addr compare

Message ID 52BE6CF8.5030806@huawei.com
State Changes Requested, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Ding Tianhong Dec. 28, 2013, 6:17 a.m. UTC
Use possibly more efficient ether_addr_equal
to instead of memcmp.

Cc: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Cc: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
Cc: Carolyn Wyborny <carolyn.wyborny@intel.com>
Cc: Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@huawei.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Kirsher, Jeffrey T Dec. 28, 2013, 1:15 p.m. UTC | #1
On Sat, 2013-12-28 at 14:17 +0800, Ding Tianhong wrote:
> Use possibly more efficient ether_addr_equal
> to instead of memcmp.
> 
> Cc: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
> Cc: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
> Cc: Carolyn Wyborny <carolyn.wyborny@intel.com>
> Cc: Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@huawei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Thanks Ding, I will update the patch in my queue with this updated
version.
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c
index 04bf22e..675435f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c
@@ -1745,7 +1745,7 @@  static int igbvf_set_mac(struct net_device *netdev, void *p)
 
 	hw->mac.ops.rar_set(hw, hw->mac.addr, 0);
 
-	if (memcmp(addr->sa_data, hw->mac.addr, 6))
+	if (!ether_addr_equal(addr->sa_data, hw->mac.addr))
 		return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
 
 	memcpy(netdev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, netdev->addr_len);