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| author | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2009-03-30 14:04:53 +1100 |
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| committer | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2009-03-30 14:04:53 +1100 |
| commit | 9ff9a26b786c35ee8d2a66222924a807ec851a9f (patch) | |
| tree | db432a17bccca1ca2c16907f0ee83ac449ed4012 /include/linux/etherdevice.h | |
| parent | 0a3108beea9143225119d5e7c72a8e2c64f3eb7d (diff) | |
| parent | 0d34fb8e93ceba7b6dad0062dbb4a0813bacd75b (diff) | |
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Merge commit 'origin/master' into next
Manual merge of:
arch/powerpc/include/asm/elf.h
drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mpc.c
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 */ |