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| author | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2009-04-05 02:14:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2009-04-05 02:14:15 -0400 |
| commit | 478c6a43fcbc6c11609f8cee7c7b57223907754f (patch) | |
| tree | a7f7952099da60d33032aed6de9c0c56c9f8779e /include/linux/etherdevice.h | |
| parent | 8a3f257c704e02aee9869decd069a806b45be3f1 (diff) | |
| parent | 6bb597507f9839b13498781e481f5458aea33620 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'linus' into release
Conflicts:
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/longhaul.c
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/etherdevice.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/etherdevice.h | 21 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h index 1cb0f0b9092..a1f17abba7d 100644 --- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h @@ -184,4 +184,25 @@ static inline unsigned compare_ether_addr_64bits(const u8 addr1[6+2], } #endif /* __KERNEL__ */ +/** + * compare_ether_header - Compare two Ethernet headers + * @a: Pointer to Ethernet header + * @b: Pointer to Ethernet header + * + * Compare two ethernet headers, returns 0 if equal. + * This assumes that the network header (i.e., IP header) is 4-byte + * aligned OR the platform can handle unaligned access. This is the + * case for all packets coming into netif_receive_skb or similar + * entry points. + */ + +static inline int compare_ether_header(const void *a, const void *b) +{ + u32 *a32 = (u32 *)((u8 *)a + 2); + u32 *b32 = (u32 *)((u8 *)b + 2); + + return (*(u16 *)a ^ *(u16 *)b) | (a32[0] ^ b32[0]) | + (a32[1] ^ b32[1]) | (a32[2] ^ b32[2]); +} + #endif /* _LINUX_ETHERDEVICE_H */ |