Linux has a number of helpers to do arithmetic on Ethernet addresses,
which are useful for generating sequential MAC addresses. Import them.
Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/net.h | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 71 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/net.h b/include/net.h
index 5e029c71f29e..a0ef8bee0404 100644
--- a/include/net.h
+++ b/include/net.h
@@ -449,6 +449,77 @@ static inline int is_valid_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
return !is_multicast_ether_addr(addr) && !is_zero_ether_addr(addr);
}
+/**
+ * ether_addr_to_u64 - Convert an Ethernet address into a u64 value.
+ * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
+ *
+ * Return a u64 value of the address
+ */
+static inline u64 ether_addr_to_u64(const u8 *addr)
+{
+ u64 u = 0;
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ETH_ALEN; i++)
+ u = u << 8 | addr[i];
+
+ return u;
+}
+
+/**
+ * u64_to_ether_addr - Convert a u64 to an Ethernet address.
+ * @u: u64 to convert to an Ethernet MAC address
+ * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array to contain the Ethernet address
+ */
+static inline void u64_to_ether_addr(u64 u, u8 *addr)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = ETH_ALEN - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+ addr[i] = u & 0xff;
+ u = u >> 8;
+ }
+}
+
+/**
+ * eth_addr_dec - Decrement the given MAC address
+ *
+ * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing Ethernet address to decrement
+ */
+static inline void eth_addr_dec(u8 *addr)
+{
+ u64 u = ether_addr_to_u64(addr);
+
+ u--;
+ u64_to_ether_addr(u, addr);
+}
+
+/**
+ * eth_addr_inc() - Increment the given MAC address.
+ * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing Ethernet address to increment.
+ */
+static inline void eth_addr_inc(u8 *addr)
+{
+ u64 u = ether_addr_to_u64(addr);
+
+ u++;
+ u64_to_ether_addr(u, addr);
+}
+
+/**
+ * eth_addr_add() - Add (or subtract) an offset to/from the given MAC address.
+ *
+ * @offset: Offset to add.
+ * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing Ethernet address to increment.
+ */
+static inline void eth_addr_add(u8 *addr, long offset)
+{
+ u64 u = ether_addr_to_u64(addr);
+
+ u += offset;
+ u64_to_ether_addr(u, addr);
+}
+
typedef void rx_handler_f(void *ctx, char *packet, unsigned int len);
struct eth_device *eth_get_byname(const char *name);
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2.39.2
