+/**
+ * is_zero_ether_addr - Determine if give Ethernet address is all zeros.
+ * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
+ *
+ * Return true if the address is all zeroes.
+ */
+static inline int is_zero_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
+{
+ return !(addr[0] | addr[1] | addr[2] | addr[3] | addr[4] | addr[5]);
+}
+
+/**
+ * is_multicast_ether_addr - Determine if the Ethernet address is a multicast.
+ * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
+ *
+ * Return true if the address is a multicast address.
+ * By definition the broadcast address is also a multicast address.
+ */
+static inline int is_multicast_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
+{
+ return (0x01 & addr[0]);
+}
+
+/**
+ * is_valid_ether_addr - Determine if the given Ethernet address is valid
+ * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
+ *
+ * Check that the Ethernet address (MAC) is not 00:00:00:00:00:00, is not
+ * a multicast address, and is not FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF.
+ *
+ * Return true if the address is valid.
+ */
+static inline int is_valid_ether_addr(const u8 * addr)
+{
+ /* FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF is a multicast address so we don't need to
+ * explicitly check for it here. */
+ return !is_multicast_ether_addr(addr) && !is_zero_ether_addr(addr);
+}
+