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/sta_info.c b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
index cd0f265..38137cb 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
#include <linux/netdevice.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@
lockdep_is_held(&local->sta_mtx));
while (sta) {
if (sta->sdata == sdata &&
- memcmp(sta->sta.addr, addr, ETH_ALEN) == 0)
+ compare_ether_addr(sta->sta.addr, addr) == 0)
break;
sta = rcu_dereference_check(sta->hnext,
lockdep_is_held(&local->sta_mtx));
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@
while (sta) {
if ((sta->sdata == sdata ||
(sta->sdata->bss && sta->sdata->bss == sdata->bss)) &&
- memcmp(sta->sta.addr, addr, ETH_ALEN) == 0)
+ compare_ether_addr(sta->sta.addr, addr) == 0)
break;
sta = rcu_dereference_check(sta->hnext,
lockdep_is_held(&local->sta_mtx));