netdev - [PATCH net-next] ipv6: remove csummode in ip6_append

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Date:	Fri, 18 May 2012 17:37:56 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: remove csummode in ip6_append_data()

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

csummode variable is always CHECKSUM_NONE in ip6_append_data()

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
---
 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c |    4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index be2264e..a254e4b 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -1198,7 +1198,6 @@ int ip6_append_data(struct sock *sk, int getfrag(void *from, char *to,
 	int copy;
 	int err;
 	int offset = 0;
-	int csummode = CHECKSUM_NONE;
 	__u8 tx_flags = 0;
 
 	if (flags&MSG_PROBE)
@@ -1411,7 +1410,7 @@ alloc_new_skb:
 			/*
 			 *	Fill in the control structures
 			 */
-			skb->ip_summed = csummode;
+			skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_NONE;
 			skb->csum = 0;
 			/* reserve for fragmentation and ipsec header */
 			skb_reserve(skb, hh_len + sizeof(struct frag_hdr) +
@@ -1454,7 +1453,6 @@ alloc_new_skb:
 			transhdrlen = 0;
 			exthdrlen = 0;
 			dst_exthdrlen = 0;
-			csummode = CHECKSUM_NONE;
 
 			/*
 			 * Put the packet on the pending queue


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