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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-04-02 16:33:42 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-04-02 16:33:51 +0200
commit83f2f0ed715eb15a8e13c07df479d65bbc10d8d5 (patch)
treee47d7edefa210b328f8cfba43d170fc67d6e0671 /include/linux/etherdevice.h
parent3de46fda4c104deef17ec70f85361f5c6b84ce0e (diff)
parent4fe70410d9a219dabb47328effccae7e7f2a6e26 (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/urgent
Merge needed to go past commit 7ca43e756 (mm: use debug_kmap_atomic) and fix it. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index 1cb0f0b90926..a1f17abba7dc 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 */