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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/etherdevice.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/etherdevice.h | 23 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h index 37ff4a6faa9a..6fec9e81bd70 100644 --- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h @@ -374,6 +374,29 @@ static inline bool ether_addr_equal_unaligned(const u8 *addr1, const u8 *addr2) } /** + * ether_addr_equal_masked - Compare two Ethernet addresses with a mask + * @addr1: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the 1st Ethernet address + * @addr2: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the 2nd Ethernet address + * @mask: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address bitmask + * + * Compare two Ethernet addresses with a mask, returns true if for every bit + * set in the bitmask the equivalent bits in the ethernet addresses are equal. + * Using a mask with all bits set is a slower ether_addr_equal. + */ +static inline bool ether_addr_equal_masked(const u8 *addr1, const u8 *addr2, + const u8 *mask) +{ + int i; + + for (i = 0; i < ETH_ALEN; i++) { + if ((addr1[i] ^ addr2[i]) & mask[i]) + return false; + } + + return true; +} + +/** * is_etherdev_addr - Tell if given Ethernet address belongs to the device. * @dev: Pointer to a device structure * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address |