From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joe Perches Subject: [PATCH 5/7] netpoll: Use ether_addr_copy Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 09:52:18 -0800 Message-ID: <3e26b62d1ec7cc3de34efc4ca7651baed7e7f1e3.1390239869.git.joe@perches.com> References: Cc: "David S. Miller" , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: David Miller Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Use ether_addr_copy instead of memcpy(a, b, ETH_ALEN) to save some cycles on arm and powerpc. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches --- net/core/netpoll.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c index 19fe9c7..c03f3de 100644 --- a/net/core/netpoll.c +++ b/net/core/netpoll.c @@ -520,8 +520,8 @@ void netpoll_send_udp(struct netpoll *np, const char *msg, int len) skb->protocol = eth->h_proto = htons(ETH_P_IP); } - memcpy(eth->h_source, np->dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN); - memcpy(eth->h_dest, np->remote_mac, ETH_ALEN); + ether_addr_copy(eth->h_source, np->dev->dev_addr); + ether_addr_copy(eth->h_dest, np->remote_mac); skb->dev = np->dev; -- 1.8.1.2.459.gbcd45b4.dirty