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From: bruno randolf <bruno@thinktube.com>
To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: ilog2 overkill in ieee80211_get_hdrlen?
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:14:48 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200710311514.48896.bruno@thinktube.com> (raw)

hello!

just a question...

in 'net/mac80211/util.c', in ieee80211_get_hdrlen (line 175), a function ilog2 
is used to determine the number of bits to shift for 
IEEE80211_STYPE_QOS_DATA. isn't that a bit of an overkill when we could just 
do >> 6? i mean IEEE80211_STYPE_QOS_DATA isn't going to change after all...

		/*
		 * The QoS Control field is two bytes and its presence is
		 * indicated by the IEEE80211_STYPE_QOS_DATA bit. Add 2 to
		 * hdrlen if that bit is set.
		 * This works by masking out the bit and shifting it to
		 * bit position 1 so the result has the value 0 or 2.
		 */
		hdrlen += (fc & IEEE80211_STYPE_QOS_DATA)
				>> (ilog2(IEEE80211_STYPE_QOS_DATA)-1);

i don't know if there is a reason for this, but it all seems overly 
complicated to me.

if (fc & IEEE80211_STYPE_QOS_DATA)
	hdrlen += 2;

would be a bit more readable.

bruno

             reply	other threads:[~2007-10-31  6:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-31  6:14 bruno randolf [this message]
2007-10-31 12:20 ` ilog2 overkill in ieee80211_get_hdrlen? Johannes Berg
2007-11-01  1:42   ` bruno randolf

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