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>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ibss.c b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
index 7f9ac57..33fd8d9 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ibss.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
skb_reset_tail_pointer(skb);
skb_reserve(skb, sdata->local->hw.extra_tx_headroom);
- if (memcmp(ifibss->bssid, bssid, ETH_ALEN))
+ if (compare_ether_addr(ifibss->bssid, bssid))
sta_info_flush(sdata->local, sdata);
/* if merging, indicate to driver that we leave the old IBSS */
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@
return;
if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC &&
- memcmp(mgmt->bssid, sdata->u.ibss.bssid, ETH_ALEN) == 0) {
+ compare_ether_addr(mgmt->bssid, sdata->u.ibss.bssid) == 0) {
rcu_read_lock();
sta = sta_info_get(sdata, mgmt->sa);
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@
goto put_bss;
/* same BSSID */
- if (memcmp(cbss->bssid, sdata->u.ibss.bssid, ETH_ALEN) == 0)
+ if (compare_ether_addr(cbss->bssid, sdata->u.ibss.bssid) == 0)
goto put_bss;
if (rx_status->flag & RX_FLAG_MACTIME_MPDU) {
@@ -831,8 +831,8 @@
if (!tx_last_beacon && is_multicast_ether_addr(mgmt->da))
return;
- if (memcmp(mgmt->bssid, ifibss->bssid, ETH_ALEN) != 0 &&
- memcmp(mgmt->bssid, "\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff", ETH_ALEN) != 0)
+ if (compare_ether_addr(mgmt->bssid, ifibss->bssid) != 0 &&
+ !is_broadcast_ether_addr(mgmt->bssid))
return;
end = ((u8 *) mgmt) + len;