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authorStephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>2007-08-24 22:35:44 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2007-10-10 16:48:26 -0700
commit23f1f4eff85d3d2ec9ed589e3fdcbba59eaa083e (patch)
tree4d095b4f0034af776172bcdbe3e283abd4dd5518
parentfd21150a0fe10c504160db359a4eb425576f6e7d (diff)
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[NET] ethernet: optimize memcpy and memset
The ethernet header management only needs to handle a fixed size address (6 bytes). If the memcpy/memset are changed to be passed a constant length, then compiler can optimize for this case (and if it is smart eliminate string instructions). Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
-rw-r--r--net/ethernet/eth.c16
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/net/ethernet/eth.c b/net/ethernet/eth.c
index 12c765715acf..57c592ed0105 100644
--- a/net/ethernet/eth.c
+++ b/net/ethernet/eth.c
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ int eth_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, unsigned short type,
if (!saddr)
saddr = dev->dev_addr;
- memcpy(eth->h_source, saddr, dev->addr_len);
+ memcpy(eth->h_source, saddr, ETH_ALEN);
if (daddr) {
- memcpy(eth->h_dest, daddr, dev->addr_len);
+ memcpy(eth->h_dest, daddr, ETH_ALEN);
return ETH_HLEN;
}
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ int eth_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, unsigned short type,
*/
if (dev->flags & (IFF_LOOPBACK | IFF_NOARP)) {
- memset(eth->h_dest, 0, dev->addr_len);
+ memset(eth->h_dest, 0, ETH_ALEN);
return ETH_HLEN;
}
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ int eth_rebuild_header(struct sk_buff *skb)
"%s: unable to resolve type %X addresses.\n",
dev->name, (int)eth->h_proto);
- memcpy(eth->h_source, dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
+ memcpy(eth->h_source, dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
break;
}
@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@ int eth_header_cache(struct neighbour *neigh, struct hh_cache *hh)
return -1;
eth->h_proto = type;
- memcpy(eth->h_source, dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
- memcpy(eth->h_dest, neigh->ha, dev->addr_len);
+ memcpy(eth->h_source, dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+ memcpy(eth->h_dest, neigh->ha, ETH_ALEN);
hh->hh_len = ETH_HLEN;
return 0;
}
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ void eth_header_cache_update(struct hh_cache *hh, struct net_device *dev,
unsigned char *haddr)
{
memcpy(((u8 *) hh->hh_data) + HH_DATA_OFF(sizeof(struct ethhdr)),
- haddr, dev->addr_len);
+ haddr, ETH_ALEN);
}
/**
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ static int eth_mac_addr(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
return -EBUSY;
if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data))
return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
- memcpy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, dev->addr_len);
+ memcpy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, ETH_ALEN);
return 0;
}