[NET]: Add is_multicast_ether_addr() in include/linux/etherdevice.h
This patch adds is_multicast_ether_addr() to go along with
is_valid_ether_addr() and friends. It then changes
is_valid_ether_addr() to use the new macro, and fixes up the comment
on that function to move implementation details out of the API doco.
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index 220748b..a147825 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -56,18 +56,32 @@
}
/**
+ * is_multicast_ether_addr - Determine if the given Ethernet address is a
+ * multicast address.
+ *
+ * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
+ *
+ * Return true if the address is a multicast address.
+ */
+static inline int is_multicast_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
+{
+ return addr[0] & 0x01;
+}
+
+/**
* is_valid_ether_addr - Determine if the given Ethernet address is valid
* @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
*
* Check that the Ethernet address (MAC) is not 00:00:00:00:00:00, is not
- * a multicast address, and is not FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF. The multicast
- * and FF:FF:... tests are combined into the single test "!(addr[0]&1)".
+ * a multicast address, and is not FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF.
*
* Return true if the address is valid.
*/
static inline int is_valid_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
{
- return !(addr[0]&1) && !is_zero_ether_addr(addr);
+ /* FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF is a multicast address so we don't need to
+ * explicitly check for it here. */
+ return !is_multicast_ether_addr(addr) && !is_zero_ether_addr(addr);
}
/**
@@ -83,6 +97,6 @@
addr [0] &= 0xfe; /* clear multicast bit */
addr [0] |= 0x02; /* set local assignment bit (IEEE802) */
}
-#endif
+#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
#endif /* _LINUX_ETHERDEVICE_H */