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diff --git a/compat/bswap.h b/compat/bswap.h
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+/*
+ * Let's make sure we always have a sane definition for ntohl()/htonl().
+ * Some libraries define those as a function call, just to perform byte
+ * shifting, bringing significant overhead to what should be a simple
+ * operation.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Default version that the compiler ought to optimize properly with
+ * constant values.
+ */
+static inline unsigned int default_swab32(unsigned int val)
+{
+	return (((val & 0xff000000) >> 24) |
+		((val & 0x00ff0000) >>  8) |
+		((val & 0x0000ff00) <<  8) |
+		((val & 0x000000ff) << 24));
+}
+
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && (defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__))
+
+#define bswap32(x) ({ \
+	unsigned int __res; \
+	if (__builtin_constant_p(x)) { \
+		__res = default_swab32(x); \
+	} else { \
+		__asm__("bswap %0" : "=r" (__res) : "0" (x)); \
+	} \
+	__res; })
+
+#undef ntohl
+#undef htonl
+#define ntohl(x) bswap32(x)
+#define htonl(x) bswap32(x)
+
+#endif