Subject: Re: [PATCH v3.5 18/19] rtlwifi: slight optimization of addr compare

From: Sergei Shtylyov <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2013 16:47:50 +0400

Hello.

On 26-12-2013 15:41, Ding Tianhong wrote:

> Use possibly more efficient ether_addr_equal_unaligned
> instead of memcmp.

> Cc: Larry Finger <[email-masked]>
> Cc: Chaoming Li <[email-masked]>
> Cc: John W. Linville <[email-masked]>
> Cc: [email-masked]
> Cc: [email-masked]
> Cc: [email-masked]
> Signed-off-by: Weilong Chen <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong <[email-masked]>
> ---
>   drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/cam.c | 4 ++--
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/cam.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/cam.c
> index 0e510f7..0276153 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/cam.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/cam.c
[...]
> @@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ void rtl_cam_del_entry(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u8 *sta_addr)
>   		addr = rtlpriv->sec.hwsec_cam_sta_addr[i];
>   		bitmap = (rtlpriv->sec.hwsec_cam_bitmap) >> i;
>   		if (((bitmap & BIT(0)) == BIT(0)) &&
> -		    (memcmp(addr, sta_addr, ETH_ALEN) == 0)) {
> +		    (ether_addr_equal_unaligned(addr, sta_addr))) {

    It's pointless to enclose function call in parens, again.

WBR, Sergei