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Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/etherdevice.h | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h index 4522c7186bf..cc84934f905 100644 --- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h @@ -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 */ |