Merge branch 'linus' into perfcounters/core-v2

Merge reason: we have gathered quite a few conflicts, need to merge upstream

Conflicts:
	arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
	arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
	arch/x86/include/asm/hardirq.h
	arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_32.h
	arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_64.h
	arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
	arch/x86/kernel/irq.c
	arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S
	arch/x86/mm/iomap_32.c
	include/linux/sched.h
	kernel/Makefile

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index 1cb0f0b90926..a1f17abba7dc 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -184,4 +184,25 @@ static inline unsigned compare_ether_addr_64bits(const u8 addr1[6+2],
 }
 #endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
 
+/**
+ * compare_ether_header - Compare two Ethernet headers
+ * @a: Pointer to Ethernet header
+ * @b: Pointer to Ethernet header
+ *
+ * Compare two ethernet headers, returns 0 if equal.
+ * This assumes that the network header (i.e., IP header) is 4-byte
+ * aligned OR the platform can handle unaligned access.  This is the
+ * case for all packets coming into netif_receive_skb or similar
+ * entry points.
+ */
+
+static inline int compare_ether_header(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+	u32 *a32 = (u32 *)((u8 *)a + 2);
+	u32 *b32 = (u32 *)((u8 *)b + 2);
+
+	return (*(u16 *)a ^ *(u16 *)b) | (a32[0] ^ b32[0]) |
+	       (a32[1] ^ b32[1]) | (a32[2] ^ b32[2]);
+}
+
 #endif	/* _LINUX_ETHERDEVICE_H */