[LLC]: use more efficient ether address routines

Use more cache efficient Ethernet address manipulation functions
in etherdevice.h.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/llc_if.h b/include/net/llc_if.h
index 090eaa0d71f9..a05d04ac4513 100644
--- a/include/net/llc_if.h
+++ b/include/net/llc_if.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/if.h>
 #include <linux/if_arp.h>
 #include <linux/llc.h>
+#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
 #include <net/llc.h>
 
 #define LLC_DATAUNIT_PRIM       1
@@ -61,8 +62,6 @@
 #define LLC_STATUS_CONFLICT     7 /* disconnect conn */
 #define LLC_STATUS_RESET_DONE   8 /*  */
 
-extern u8 llc_mac_null_var[IFHWADDRLEN];
-
 /**
  *      llc_mac_null - determines if a address is a null mac address
  *      @mac: Mac address to test if null.
@@ -70,12 +69,12 @@ extern u8 llc_mac_null_var[IFHWADDRLEN];
  *      Determines if a given address is a null mac address.  Returns 0 if the
  *      address is not a null mac, 1 if the address is a null mac.
  */
-static __inline__ int llc_mac_null(u8 *mac)
+static inline int llc_mac_null(const u8 *mac)
 {
-        return !memcmp(mac, llc_mac_null_var, IFHWADDRLEN);
+        return is_zero_ether_addr(mac);
 }
 
-static __inline__ int llc_addrany(struct llc_addr *addr)
+static inline int llc_addrany(const struct llc_addr *addr)
 {
         return llc_mac_null(addr->mac) && !addr->lsap;
 }
@@ -89,9 +88,9 @@ static __inline__ int llc_addrany(struct llc_addr *addr)
  *      is not a complete match up to len, 1 if a complete match up to len is
  *      found.
  */
-static __inline__ int llc_mac_match(u8 *mac1, u8 *mac2)
+static inline int llc_mac_match(const u8 *mac1, const u8 *mac2)
 {
-        return !memcmp(mac1, mac2, IFHWADDRLEN);
+        return !compare_ether_addr(mac1, mac2);
 }
 
 extern int llc_establish_connection(struct sock *sk, u8 *lmac,
diff --git a/net/llc/llc_if.c b/net/llc/llc_if.c
index ba90f7f0801a..5ae47be7dde0 100644
--- a/net/llc/llc_if.c
+++ b/net/llc/llc_if.c
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
 #include <net/llc_c_st.h>
 #include <net/tcp_states.h>
 
-u8 llc_mac_null_var[IFHWADDRLEN];
-
 /**
  *      llc_build_and_send_pkt - Connection data sending for upper layers.
  *      @sk: connection