Re: [PATCH 0/11] use ether_addr_equal_64bits

[Pavel Machek]

On Mon 2013-12-30 19:14:56, Julia Lawall wrote:
> Ether_addr_equal_64bits is more efficient than ether_addr_equal, and can be
> used when each argument is an array within a structure that contains at
> least two bytes of data beyond the array.

I mean, yes, it is probably faster, and yes, most structures probably
contain two more bytes, but... is the uglyness worth the speedup? I'd
say this should not be done except in very time-critical places...
									Pavel
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