[PATCH -next] etherdevice: Optimize a few is_<foo>_ether_addrfunctions

From: Joe Perches
Date: Fri Dec 06 2013 - 18:44:31 EST


If CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS is set,
several is_<foo>_ether_addr functions can be slightly
improved by using u32 dereferences.

I believe all current uses of is_zero_ether_addr and
is_broadcast_ether_addr are u16 aligned, so always use
u16 references to improve those functions performance.

Document the u16 alignment requirements.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/etherdevice.h | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index 3526e81..9518e59 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ static const u8 eth_reserved_addr_base[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2) =
*
* Return true if address is link local reserved addr (01:80:c2:00:00:0X) per
* IEEE 802.1Q 8.6.3 Frame filtering.
+ *
+ * Please note: addr must be aligned to u16.
*/
static inline bool is_link_local_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
{
@@ -68,7 +70,12 @@ static inline bool is_link_local_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
static const __be16 *b = (const __be16 *)eth_reserved_addr_base;
static const __be16 m = cpu_to_be16(0xfff0);

+#if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS)
+ return (((*(const u32 *)addr) ^ (*(const u32 *)b)) |
+ ((a[2] ^ b[2]) & m)) == 0;
+#else
return ((a[0] ^ b[0]) | (a[1] ^ b[1]) | ((a[2] ^ b[2]) & m)) == 0;
+#endif
}

/**
@@ -76,10 +83,18 @@ static inline bool is_link_local_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
* @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
*
* Return true if the address is all zeroes.
+ *
+ * Please note: addr must be aligned to u16.
*/
static inline bool is_zero_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
{
- return !(addr[0] | addr[1] | addr[2] | addr[3] | addr[4] | addr[5]);
+#if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS)
+ return ((*(const u32 *)addr) | (*(const u16 *)(addr + 4))) == 0;
+#else
+ return (*(const u16 *)(addr + 0) |
+ *(const u16 *)(addr + 2) |
+ *(const u16 *)(addr + 4)) == 0;
+#endif
}

/**
@@ -110,10 +125,14 @@ static inline bool is_local_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
* @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
*
* Return true if the address is the broadcast address.
+ *
+ * Please note: addr must be aligned to u16.
*/
static inline bool is_broadcast_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
{
- return (addr[0] & addr[1] & addr[2] & addr[3] & addr[4] & addr[5]) == 0xff;
+ return (*(const u16 *)(addr + 0) &
+ *(const u16 *)(addr + 2) &
+ *(const u16 *)(addr + 4)) == 0xffff;
}

/**
@@ -135,6 +154,8 @@ static inline bool is_unicast_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
* a multicast address, and is not FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF.
*
* Return true if the address is valid.
+ *
+ * Please note: addr must be aligned to u16.
*/
static inline bool is_valid_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
{


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