Re: ntohs/ntohl and bitops

[Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>]

On Wed 11-01-06 00:00:20, David S. Miller wrote:
> From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:02:52 -0800
> 
> > I just saw this in a patch:
> > 
> > +               if (ntohs(ih->frag_off) & IP_OFFSET)
> > +                       return EBT_NOMATCH;
> > 
> > This isn't optimal, it requires a byte switch little endian machines.
> > The compiler isn't smart enough.  It would be better to use
> > 
> >      if (ih->frag_off & ntohs(IP_OFFSET))
> > 
> > where the byte-swap can be done at compile time.  This is kind of ugly,
> > I guess, so maybe a dedicate macro
> > 
> >     net_host_bit_p(ih->frag_off, IP_OFFSET)
> 
> The first suggestion isn't considered ugly, and the best form is:
> 
> 	if (ih->frag_off & __constant_htons(IP_OFFSET))
> 
> I'll fix that up when I get a chance, thanks for catching it Uli.

Could you possibly 
#define IP_OFFSET htons(1234)
?

Noone should need it in native endianity, no?

-- 
Thanks, Sharp!