Re: [PATCH net-next] etherdevice: Optimize compare_ether_addr/ether_addr_equal

[Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>]

On Sat, 2013-08-31 at 18:27 -0400, David Miller wrote:
> From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
> Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 01:54:16 -0700
> 
> > When CONFIG_HAS_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS is set,
> > optimize compare_ether_addr a little by removing an
> > xor and or by using a u32 and u16 comparison
> > instead of 3 separate u16 comparisons.
> > 
> > Make the ether_addr_equal_64bits code a bit simpler
> > by adding a test for CONFIG_64BIT and calling
> > ether_addr_equal otherwise.
> > 
> > This also slightly improves ether_addr_equal_64bits
> > by removing the zap_last_2bytes shifts in the !64bit
> > case.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
> 
> You'll need to update Documantion/unaligned-memory-access.txt as well
> because it uses this funcation as a "real life" example.

I submitted patches converting compare_ether_addr uses
to ether_addr_equal.

I'll send this patch again along with documenting the
requirement for ether_addr_equal if/after those patches
are applied so compare_ether_addr can be removed.