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Date:	Mon, 30 Dec 2013 14:19:14 +0800
From:	Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@...wei.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
CC:	Ding Tianhong <dthxman@...il.com>,
	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 11/20] net: packetengines: slight optimization
 of addr

On 2013/12/30 14:05, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-12-30 at 10:39 +0800, Ding Tianhong wrote:
>> I don't understand packetengine NIC anymore, But I think the change is clearly,
>> as your said, the broadcast check is enough here, did you mean that?
>>
>> 	!is_broadcast_ether_addr((u8 *)(le32_to_cpu(yp->rx_ring_dma) +
>> 						    entry * sizeof(struct yellowfin_desc)))
> 
> Not quite.  I meant this could be:
> 
> 		u8 *addr = (u8 *)(unsigned long)le32_to_cpu(yp->rx_ring_dma) +
> 							    entry * sizeof(struct yellowfin_desc);
> 
> 		if (!ether_addr_equal(addr, dev->dev_addr) &&
> 		    !is_broadcast_ether_addr(addr)) {
> 			etc...
> 
> but again, I think thus hardly matters and could just as well
> be left alone.
> 
> 

Ok, I will focus on ether_addr_equal in this patch, anymore will left alone. Thanks

Regards
Ding

> 
> 


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