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    net/mlx4_en: Optimize Rx fast path filter checks · 6bbb6d99
    Yan Burman authored
    Currently, RX path code that does RX filtering is not optimized
    and does an expensive conversion. In order to use ether_addr_equal_64bits
    which is optimized for such cases, we need the MAC address kept by the device
    to be in the form of unsigned char array instead of u64. Store the MAC address
    as unsigned char array and convert to/from u64 out of the fast path when needed.
    Side effect of this is that we no longer need priv->mac, since it's the same
    as dev->dev_addr.
    
    This optimization was suggested by Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarYan Burman <yanb@mellanox.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAmir Vadai <amirv@mellanox.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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