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authorRussell King <rmk@dyn-67.arm.linux.org.uk>2009-03-28 20:29:51 +0000
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2009-03-28 20:29:51 +0000
commited40d0c472b136682b2fcba05f89762859c7374f (patch)
tree076b83a26bcd63d6158463735dd34c10bbc591dc /include/linux/etherdevice.h
parent9e495834e59ca9b29f1a1f63b9f5533bb022ac49 (diff)
parent5d80f8e5a9dc9c9a94d4aeaa567e219a808b8a4a (diff)
Merge branch 'origin' into devel
Conflicts: sound/soc/pxa/pxa2xx-i2s.c
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/etherdevice.h')
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diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index 1cb0f0b90926..a1f17abba7dc 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -184,4 +184,25 @@ static inline unsigned compare_ether_addr_64bits(const u8 addr1[6+2],
}
#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
+/**
+ * compare_ether_header - Compare two Ethernet headers
+ * @a: Pointer to Ethernet header
+ * @b: Pointer to Ethernet header
+ *
+ * Compare two ethernet headers, returns 0 if equal.
+ * This assumes that the network header (i.e., IP header) is 4-byte
+ * aligned OR the platform can handle unaligned access. This is the
+ * case for all packets coming into netif_receive_skb or similar
+ * entry points.
+ */
+
+static inline int compare_ether_header(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+ u32 *a32 = (u32 *)((u8 *)a + 2);
+ u32 *b32 = (u32 *)((u8 *)b + 2);
+
+ return (*(u16 *)a ^ *(u16 *)b) | (a32[0] ^ b32[0]) |
+ (a32[1] ^ b32[1]) | (a32[2] ^ b32[2]);
+}
+
#endif /* _LINUX_ETHERDEVICE_H */