This is used by some drivers now
Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
backport/backport-include/linux/etherdevice.h | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
diff --git a/backport/backport-include/linux/etherdevice.h b/backport/backport-include/linux/etherdevice.h
index 5a6096d..cf02852 100644
--- a/backport/backport-include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/backport/backport-include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -158,4 +158,36 @@ static inline void eth_hw_addr_inherit(struct net_device *dst,
}
#endif /* LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3,13,0) */
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3,5,0)
+/**
+ * ether_addr_equal_64bits - Compare two Ethernet addresses
+ * @addr1: Pointer to an array of 8 bytes
+ * @addr2: Pointer to an other array of 8 bytes
+ *
+ * Compare two Ethernet addresses, returns true if equal, false otherwise.
+ *
+ * The function doesn't need any conditional branches and possibly uses
+ * word memory accesses on CPU allowing cheap unaligned memory reads.
+ * arrays = { byte1, byte2, byte3, byte4, byte5, byte6, pad1, pad2 }
+ *
+ * Please note that alignment of addr1 & addr2 are only guaranteed to be 16 bits.
+ */
+
+static inline bool ether_addr_equal_64bits(const u8 addr1[6+2],
+ const u8 addr2[6+2])
+{
+#if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS) && BITS_PER_LONG == 64
+ u64 fold = (*(const u64 *)addr1) ^ (*(const u64 *)addr2);
+
+#ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN
+ return (fold >> 16) == 0;
+#else
+ return (fold << 16) == 0;
+#endif
+#else
+ return ether_addr_equal(addr1, addr2);
+#endif
+}
+#endif /* LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3,5,0) */
+
#endif /* _BACKPORT_LINUX_ETHERDEVICE_H */
--
1.7.10.4
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