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diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index a1f17abba7dc..3d7a6687d247 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -182,6 +182,33 @@ static inline unsigned compare_ether_addr_64bits(const u8 addr1[6+2],
return compare_ether_addr(addr1, addr2);
#endif
}
+
+/**
+ * is_etherdev_addr - Tell if given Ethernet address belongs to the device.
+ * @dev: Pointer to a device structure
+ * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
+ *
+ * Compare passed address with all addresses of the device. Return true if the
+ * address if one of the device addresses.
+ *
+ * Note that this function calls compare_ether_addr_64bits() so take care of
+ * the right padding.
+ */
+static inline bool is_etherdev_addr(const struct net_device *dev,
+ const u8 addr[6 + 2])
+{
+ struct netdev_hw_addr *ha;
+ int res = 1;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ for_each_dev_addr(dev, ha) {
+ res = compare_ether_addr_64bits(addr, ha->addr);
+ if (!res)
+ break;
+ }
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ return !res;
+}
#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
/**