On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:10:06 -0700 Ben Greear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What is the reasoning for this change? Is the compiler > able to optomize the right-hand-side to a constant with your > change in place? > > > - if (veth->h_vlan_proto != __constant_htons(ETH_P_8021Q)) { > > + if (veth->h_vlan_proto != htons(ETH_P_8021Q)) { > > return -EINVAL; > > } Read the source, the macro handles it. For i386: htons maps to __cpu_to_be16 cpu_to_be16 maps to swab16 which is defined in swab.h # define __swab16(x) \ (__builtin_constant_p((__u16)(x)) ? \ ___swab16((x)) : \ __fswab16((x))) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html