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authorTobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch>2011-01-12 22:14:56 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2011-01-13 21:49:56 -0800
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etherdevice.h: Add is_unicast_ether_addr function
From a check for !is_multicast_ether_addr it is not always obvious that we're checking for a unicast address. So add this helper function to make those code paths easier to read. Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch> Acked-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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-rw-r--r--include/linux/etherdevice.h11
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diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index bec8b82889bf..ab68f785fd19 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -99,6 +99,17 @@ static inline int is_broadcast_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
}
/**
+ * is_unicast_ether_addr - Determine if the Ethernet address is unicast
+ * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
+ *
+ * Return true if the address is a unicast address.
+ */
+static inline int is_unicast_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
+{
+ return !is_multicast_ether_addr(addr);
+}
+
+/**
* is_valid_ether_addr - Determine if the given Ethernet address is valid
* @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
*