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authorFelix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>2012-03-01 15:22:09 +0100
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2012-03-05 15:38:31 -0500
commit888d04dfbe7e09f930fdaafb257cce2c54c9c3f3 (patch)
treecdf0c4d4008860fd91db31bcc620a8ecd3d95bc1 /net/mac80211/scan.c
parent4d196e4b2ffd734393b54f351507462f19d737b5 (diff)
downloadlinux-888d04dfbe7e09f930fdaafb257cce2c54c9c3f3.tar.bz2
mac80211: use compare_ether_addr on MAC addresses instead of memcmp
Because of the constant size and guaranteed 16 bit alignment, the inline compare_ether_addr function is much cheaper than calling memcmp. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/mac80211/scan.c')
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/scan.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/scan.c b/net/mac80211/scan.c
index 9270771702fe..a9d7235df7c3 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/scan.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/scan.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
*/
#include <linux/if_arp.h>
+#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
#include <linux/pm_qos.h>
#include <net/sch_generic.h>
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ ieee80211_scan_rx(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, struct sk_buff *skb)
presp = ieee80211_is_probe_resp(fc);
if (presp) {
/* ignore ProbeResp to foreign address */
- if (memcmp(mgmt->da, sdata->vif.addr, ETH_ALEN))
+ if (compare_ether_addr(mgmt->da, sdata->vif.addr))
return RX_DROP_MONITOR;
presp = true;