From c62326abac8f40b904c8daebd7c1a6c624ebddd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Perches Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 09:52:18 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] netpoll: Use ether_addr_copy Use ether_addr_copy instead of memcpy(a, b, ETH_ALEN) to save some cycles on arm and powerpc. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- 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 19fe9c717ced..c03f3dec4763 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; -- GitLab