linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next 08/20] net: mlx4: slight optimization of addr compare

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Message-ID: <52BD22C3.9070908@huawei.com>
Date:	Fri, 27 Dec 2013 14:48:35 +0800
From:	Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@...wei.com>
To:	Amir Vadai <amirv@...lanox.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 08/20] net: mlx4: slight optimization of addr compare

Use possibly more efficient ether_addr_equal
to instead of memcmp.

Cc: Amir Vadai <amirv@...lanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@...wei.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c        | 4 ++--
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/resource_tracker.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
index 6f92090..7e43858 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ static void update_mclist_flags(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 	list_for_each_entry(dst_tmp, dst, list) {
 		found = false;
 		list_for_each_entry(src_tmp, src, list) {
-			if (!memcmp(dst_tmp->addr, src_tmp->addr, ETH_ALEN)) {
+			if (ether_addr_equal(dst_tmp->addr, src_tmp->addr)) {
 				found = true;
 				break;
 			}
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ static void update_mclist_flags(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 	list_for_each_entry(src_tmp, src, list) {
 		found = false;
 		list_for_each_entry(dst_tmp, dst, list) {
-			if (!memcmp(dst_tmp->addr, src_tmp->addr, ETH_ALEN)) {
+			if (ether_addr_equal(dst_tmp->addr, src_tmp->addr)) {
 				dst_tmp->action = MCLIST_NONE;
 				found = true;
 				break;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/resource_tracker.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/resource_tracker.c
index 2f3f2bc..2e3232c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/resource_tracker.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/resource_tracker.c
@@ -3634,7 +3634,7 @@ static int validate_eth_header_mac(int slave, struct _rule_hw *eth_header,
 	    !is_broadcast_ether_addr(eth_header->eth.dst_mac)) {
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(res, tmp, rlist, list) {
 			be_mac = cpu_to_be64(res->mac << 16);
-			if (!memcmp(&be_mac, eth_header->eth.dst_mac, ETH_ALEN))
+			if (ether_addr_equal((u8 *)&be_mac, eth_header->eth.dst_mac))
 				return 0;
 		}
 		pr_err("MAC %pM doesn't belong to VF %d, Steering rule rejected\n",
-- 
1.8.0


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