+/*
+ * Unfortunatly, _b and _mask are not aligned to an int (or long int)
+ * Some arches dont care, unrolling the loop is a win on them.
+ */
+static unsigned long ifname_compare(const char *_a, const char *_b, const char *_mask)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
+ const unsigned long *a = (const unsigned long *)_a;
+ const unsigned long *b = (const unsigned long *)_b;
+ const unsigned long *mask = (const unsigned long *)_mask;
+ unsigned long ret;
+
+ ret = (a[0] ^ b[0]) & mask[0];
+ if (IFNAMSIZ > sizeof(unsigned long))
+ ret |= (a[1] ^ b[1]) & mask[1];
+ if (IFNAMSIZ > 2 * sizeof(unsigned long))
+ ret |= (a[2] ^ b[2]) & mask[2];
+ if (IFNAMSIZ > 3 * sizeof(unsigned long))
+ ret |= (a[3] ^ b[3]) & mask[3];
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(IFNAMSIZ > 4 * sizeof(unsigned long));
+#else
+ unsigned long ret = 0;
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < IFNAMSIZ; i++)
+ ret |= (_a[i] ^ _b[i]) & _mask[i];
+#endif
+ return ret;
+}
+