On 31.12.2006 [17:37:05 +0100], Daniel Marjam?ki wrote: > From: Daniel Marjamäki > This has been tested by me. > Signed-off-by: Daniel Marjamäki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --- linux-2.6.20-rc2/net/core/flow.c 2006-12-27 09:59:56.000000000 +0100 > +++ linux/net/core/flow.c 2006-12-31 18:26:06.000000000 +0100 > @@ -144,29 +144,16 @@ typedef u32 flow_compare_t; > > extern void flowi_is_missized(void); > > -/* I hear what you're saying, use memcmp. But memcmp cannot make > - * important assumptions that we can here, such as alignment and > - * constant size. > - */ > static int flow_key_compare(struct flowi *key1, struct flowi *key2) > { > - flow_compare_t *k1, *k1_lim, *k2; > - const int n_elem = sizeof(struct flowi) / sizeof(flow_compare_t); > - > if (sizeof(struct flowi) % sizeof(flow_compare_t)) > flowi_is_missized(); > > - k1 = (flow_compare_t *) key1; > - k1_lim = k1 + n_elem; > - > - k2 = (flow_compare_t *) key2; > - > - do { > - if (*k1++ != *k2++) > - return 1; > - } while (k1 < k1_lim); > + /* Number of elements to compare */ > + const int n_elem = sizeof(struct flowi) / sizeof(flow_compare_t); > > - return 0; > + /* Compare all elements in key1 and key2. */ > + return memcmp(key1, key2, n_elem * sizeof(flow_compare_t)); > }
Small nit, I don't think either of your comments make the code any clearer than the code on its own, so drop them both. Thanks, Nish -- Nishanth Aravamudan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> IBM Linux Technology Center - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/