[NET]: Add is_multicast_ether_addr() in include/linux/etherdevice.h

This patch adds is_multicast_ether_addr() to go along with
is_valid_ether_addr() and friends. It then changes
is_valid_ether_addr() to use the new macro, and fixes up the comment
on that function to move implementation details out of the API doco.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index 220748b..a147825 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -55,19 +55,33 @@ static inline int is_zero_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
        return !(addr[0] | addr[1] | addr[2] | addr[3] | addr[4] | addr[5]);
 }
 
+/**
+ * is_multicast_ether_addr - Determine if the given Ethernet address is a
+ * multicast address.
+ *
+ * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
+ *
+ * Return true if the address is a multicast address.
+ */
+static inline int is_multicast_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
+{
+       return addr[0] & 0x01;
+}
+
 /**
  * is_valid_ether_addr - Determine if the given Ethernet address is valid
  * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
  *
  * Check that the Ethernet address (MAC) is not 00:00:00:00:00:00, is not
- * a multicast address, and is not FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF.  The multicast
- * and FF:FF:... tests are combined into the single test "!(addr[0]&1)".
+ * a multicast address, and is not FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF.
  *
  * Return true if the address is valid.
  */
 static inline int is_valid_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
 {
-       return !(addr[0]&1) && !is_zero_ether_addr(addr);
+       /* FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF is a multicast address so we don't need to
+        * explicitly check for it here. */
+       return !is_multicast_ether_addr(addr) && !is_zero_ether_addr(addr);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -83,6 +97,6 @@ static inline void random_ether_addr(u8 *addr)
        addr [0] &= 0xfe;       /* clear multicast bit */
        addr [0] |= 0x02;       /* set local assignment bit (IEEE802) */
 }
-#endif
+#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_ETHERDEVICE_H */