netdev - Re: [PATCH] bond_3ad.c: switch MAC_ADDRESS_COMPARE macro for compare_ether

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Date:	Tue, 31 May 2011 02:10:22 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	aquini@...ux.com
Cc:	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bond_3ad.c: switch MAC_ADDRESS_COMPARE macro for
 compare_ether_addr()

On Mon, 2011-05-30 at 21:44 -0300, Rafael Aquini wrote:
> Converts all uses of MAC_ADDRESS_COMPARE macro to compare_ether_addr() and delete the macro.
[...]

Given all the casts you have to add, this doesn't seem like an
improvement.

How about replacing struct mac_addr with u8[ETH_ALEN] at the same time?
You should also be able to get rid of null_mac_addr and use
is_zero_ether_addr() instead.

Ben.

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