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

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Message-ID: <1421009969.9233.5.camel@perches.com>
Date:	Sun, 11 Jan 2015 12:59:29 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
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	stephen@...workplumber.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] x_tables: Factor out 16bit aligment ifname_compare()

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


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