static const char *bond_mode_name(int mode)
 {
-       switch (mode) {
-       case BOND_MODE_ROUNDROBIN :
-               return "load balancing (round-robin)";
-       case BOND_MODE_ACTIVEBACKUP :
-               return "fault-tolerance (active-backup)";
-       case BOND_MODE_XOR :
-               return "load balancing (xor)";
-       case BOND_MODE_BROADCAST :
-               return "fault-tolerance (broadcast)";
-       case BOND_MODE_8023AD:
-               return "IEEE 802.3ad Dynamic link aggregation";
-       case BOND_MODE_TLB:
-               return "transmit load balancing";
-       case BOND_MODE_ALB:
-               return "adaptive load balancing";
-       default:
+       static const char *names[] = {
+               [BOND_MODE_ROUNDROBIN] = "load balancing (round-robin)",
+               [BOND_MODE_ACTIVEBACKUP] = "fault-tolerance (active-backup)",
+               [BOND_MODE_XOR] = "load balancing (xor)",
+               [BOND_MODE_BROADCAST] = "fault-tolerance (broadcast)",
+               [BOND_MODE_8023AD]= "IEEE 802.3ad Dynamic link aggregation",
+               [BOND_MODE_TLB] = "transmit load balancing",
+               [BOND_MODE_ALB] = "adaptive load balancing",
+       };
+
+       if (mode < 0 || mode > BOND_MODE_ALB)
                return "unknown";
-       }
+
+       return names[mode];
 }
 
 /*---------------------------------- VLAN -----------------------------------*/