netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/3] x_tables: Factor out 16bit aligment ifname

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Date:	Sun, 11 Jan 2015 22:02:21 +0100
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] x_tables: Factor out 16bit aligment ifname_compare()

Am 11.01.2015 um 21:59 schrieb Joe Perches:
> On Sun, 2015-01-11 at 21:52 +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote:
>> arp_tables.c has a 16bit aligment ifname_compare(), factor
>> it out to use it for all tables.
> []
>> diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h b/include/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h
> []
>> @@ -331,14 +331,15 @@ static inline void xt_write_recseq_end(unsigned int addend)
>>  /*
>>   * This helper is performance critical and must be inlined
>>   */
>> -static inline unsigned long ifname_compare_aligned(const char *_a,
>> -						   const char *_b,
>> -						   const char *_mask)
>> +static inline unsigned long ifname_compare(const char *_a,
>> +					   const char *_b,
>> +					   const char *_mask)
> 
> Perhaps this would be better as bool ifname_compare

Let's discuss the whole concept first, then we can go to bikeshedding mode.

Thanks,
//richard
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