Re: [PATCH 0/11] use ether_addr_equal_64bits

Oleksij Rempel
2014-01-17T22:02:14Z

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Am 17.01.2014 22:24, schrieb Pavel Machek:
> On Mon 2013-12-30 19:14:56, Julia Lawall wrote:
>> Ether_addr_equal_64bits is more efficient than ether_addr_equal, and can be
>> used when each argument is an array within a structure that contains at
>> least two bytes of data beyond the array.
>
> I mean, yes, it is probably faster, and yes, most structures probably
> contain two more bytes, but... is the uglyness worth the speedup? I'd
> say this should not be done except in very time-critical places...
> Pavel

This code run on every received beacon, almost on every wifi driver (If
i understand what you mean.)

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Regards,
Oleksij

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