On Thu, 2013-12-05 at 15:32 -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Thu,  5 Dec 2013 14:54:38 -0800
> Joe Perches <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
> > +   u32 fold = ((*(const u32 *)addr1) ^ (*(const u32 *)addr2)) |
> > +              ((*(const u16 *)(addr1 + 4)) ^ (*(const u16 *)(addr2 + 4)));
> > +
> > +   return fold == 0;
> 
> Why the temporary variable.

It's cost free and I think a bit more readable.

>  You can just do:
>       return ((*(const u32 *)addr1) ^ (*(const u32 *)addr2)) |
>              ((*(const u16 *)(addr1 + 4)) ^ (*(const u16 *)(addr2 + 4))) != 0;

== 0

> Or
>       return !!((*(const u32 *)addr1) ^ (*(const u32 *)addr2)) |
>                ((*(const u16 *)(addr1 + 4)) ^ (*(const u16 *)(addr2 + 4))));

!!!? :)


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