slight optimization of addr compare for some modules
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v3 cover slight optimization of addr compare for some modules
Joe Perches add ether_addr_equal_unaligned to test if possibly unaligned to u16 Ethernet addresses are equal.
If CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS is set, this uses the slightly faster generic routine ether_addr_equal, otherwise this uses memcmp.
So I use the recently added and possibly more efficient ether_addr_equal_unaligned to instead of memcmp for slight optimization.
v2: Because a lot of places are already using 16b aligned MAC
address for both operands, so use the ether_addr_equal to instead of ether_addr_equal_unaligned.Thanks for Joe, Alex and Antonio's opinions.
Also remove the patch for bridge.
v3: According Joe's suggestion, the patch
(net: slight optimization of addr compare for some modules) should be broken into several patches, and it will be good to review for maintainers. So I will send rest of the patches for first step, and next step, I will seperate the netdev patch and send them by another patchset for net-next.
also fix some changelog.
Best Regards
Ding
Ding Tianhong (5):
net: freescale: remove unused compare_addr()
net: pcnet: slight optimization of addr compare
net: atl1: slight optimization of addr compare
hamradio: slight optimization of addr compare
ppp: slight optimization of addr compare
Tan Xiaojun (3):
batman-adv: use batadv_compare_eth for concise
zd1211rw: slight optimization of addr compare
ozwpan: slight optimization of addr compare
Wang Weidong (2):
infiniband: slight optimization of addr compare
mac8011: slight optimization of addr compare
Weilong Chen (6):
hostap: slight optimization of addr compare
cw1200: slight optimization of addr compare
ipw2x00: slight optimization of addr compare
mwifiex: slight optimization of addr compare
rtlwifi: slight optimization of addr compare
wireless: slight optimization of addr compare
Yang Yingliang (3):
atm: slight optimization of addr compare
isdn: slight optimization of addr compare
media: dvb_core: slight optimization of addr compare
drivers/atm/nicstar.c | 4 ++-- drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.c | 3 +-- drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_net.c | 4 ++-- drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_net.c | 8 +++---- drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pcnet32.c | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl1.c | 3 ++- drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c | 5 ---- drivers/net/hamradio/bpqether.c | 2 +- drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c | 4 ++-- drivers/net/wireless/adm8211.c | 2 +- drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.c | 7 +++--- drivers/net/wireless/cw1200/sta.c | 5 ++-- drivers/net/wireless/cw1200/txrx.c | 3 +-- drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_80211_rx.c | 8 +++---- drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_80211_tx.c | 4 ++-- drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_ap.c | 28 +++++++++++----------- drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_hw.c | 2 +- drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_ioctl.c | 4 ++-- drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_main.c | 8 +++---- drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c | 34 +++++++++++++-------------- drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/libipw_rx.c | 10 ++++---- drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/11n.c | 2 +- drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_cmdresp.c | 3 +-- drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_rx.c | 2 +- drivers/net/wireless/prism54/isl_ioctl.c | 3 ++- drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/cam.c | 4 ++-- drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/main.c | 2 +- drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.c | 4 ++-- drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_mac.c | 5 ++-- drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozcdev.c | 2 +- drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozproto.c | 5 ++-- net/batman-adv/originator.c | 2 +- net/batman-adv/translation-table.c | 2 +- net/mac80211/iface.c | 7 +++--- 34 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 101 deletions(-)
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