linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] etherdevice.h: Add ether_addr_equal

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Message-Id: <20120510.233541.852199665039697310.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 10 May 2012 23:35:41 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	joe@...ches.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] etherdevice.h: Add ether_addr_equal_64bits

From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Date: Wed,  9 May 2012 20:04:03 -0700

> Add an optimized boolean function to check if
> 2 ethernet addresses are the same.
> 
> This is to avoid any confusion about compare_ether_addr_64bits
> returning an unsigned, and not being able to use the
> compare_ether_addr_64bits function for sorting ala memcmp.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>

Applied.
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