netfilter: nft_byteorder: avoid unneeded le/be conversion steps
authorFlorian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Mon, 11 Jan 2016 21:49:32 +0000 (22:49 +0100)
committerPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Wed, 13 Jan 2016 13:02:59 +0000 (14:02 +0100)
David points out that we to three le/be conversions instead
of just one.  Doesn't matter on x86_64 w. gcc, but other
architectures might be less lucky.

Since it also simplifies code just follow his advice.

Fixes: c0f3275f5cb ("nftables: byteorder: provide le/be 64 bit conversion helper")
Suggested-by: David Laight <David.Laight@aculab.com>
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
net/netfilter/nft_byteorder.c

index 383c17138399aec2a5681580ddd3b6f200f29d67..b78c28ba465ff9c1eed6b6006b6c5e9d9da58072 100644 (file)
@@ -46,16 +46,14 @@ static void nft_byteorder_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
                switch (priv->op) {
                case NFT_BYTEORDER_NTOH:
                        for (i = 0; i < priv->len / 8; i++) {
-                               src64 = get_unaligned_be64(&src[i]);
-                               src64 = be64_to_cpu((__force __be64)src64);
+                               src64 = get_unaligned((u64 *)&src[i]);
                                put_unaligned_be64(src64, &dst[i]);
                        }
                        break;
                case NFT_BYTEORDER_HTON:
                        for (i = 0; i < priv->len / 8; i++) {
                                src64 = get_unaligned_be64(&src[i]);
-                               src64 = (__force u64)cpu_to_be64(src64);
-                               put_unaligned_be64(src64, &dst[i]);
+                               put_unaligned(src64, (u64 *)&dst[i]);
                        }
                        break;
                }