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authorFelix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>2012-03-01 15:22:09 +0100
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2012-03-05 15:38:31 -0500
commit888d04dfbe7e09f930fdaafb257cce2c54c9c3f3 (patch)
treecdf0c4d4008860fd91db31bcc620a8ecd3d95bc1 /net/mac80211/sta_info.c
parent4d196e4b2ffd734393b54f351507462f19d737b5 (diff)
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mac80211: use compare_ether_addr on MAC addresses instead of memcmp
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/mac80211/sta_info.c')
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/sta_info.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
index cd0f265f42e5..38137cb5f6f0 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
#include <linux/netdevice.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ struct sta_info *sta_info_get(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
lockdep_is_held(&local->sta_mtx));
while (sta) {
if (sta->sdata == sdata &&
- memcmp(sta->sta.addr, addr, ETH_ALEN) == 0)
+ compare_ether_addr(sta->sta.addr, addr) == 0)
break;
sta = rcu_dereference_check(sta->hnext,
lockdep_is_held(&local->sta_mtx));
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ struct sta_info *sta_info_get_bss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
while (sta) {
if ((sta->sdata == sdata ||
(sta->sdata->bss && sta->sdata->bss == sdata->bss)) &&
- memcmp(sta->sta.addr, addr, ETH_ALEN) == 0)
+ compare_ether_addr(sta->sta.addr, addr) == 0)
break;
sta = rcu_dereference_check(sta->hnext,
lockdep_is_held(&local->sta_mtx));