From 888d04dfbe7e09f930fdaafb257cce2c54c9c3f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 15:22:09 +0100
Subject: 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>
---
 net/mac80211/scan.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'net/mac80211/scan.c')

diff --git a/net/mac80211/scan.c b/net/mac80211/scan.c
index 9270771..a9d7235 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/scan.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/scan.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/if_arp.h>
+#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
 #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
 #include <linux/pm_qos.h>
 #include <net/sch_generic.h>
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ ieee80211_scan_rx(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	presp = ieee80211_is_probe_resp(fc);
 	if (presp) {
 		/* ignore ProbeResp to foreign address */
-		if (memcmp(mgmt->da, sdata->vif.addr, ETH_ALEN))
+		if (compare_ether_addr(mgmt->da, sdata->vif.addr))
 			return RX_DROP_MONITOR;
 
 		presp = true;
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