netdev - [PATCH 01/11] lance: remove unnecessary setting of skb->dev

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Date:	Mon,  9 Jul 2012 17:09:25 -0700
From:	Jon Mason <jdmason@...zu.us>
To:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 01/11] lance: remove unnecessary setting of skb->dev

skb->dev is being unnecessarily set during ring init.  It is already being set
to the proper value when eth_type_trans is called on packet receive, and the
skb->dev is not referenced anywhere else in the code.

Signed-off-by: Jon Mason <jdmason@...zu.us>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/amd/lance.c |    5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/lance.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/lance.c
index a6e2e84..5c72843 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/lance.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/lance.c
@@ -873,10 +873,9 @@ lance_init_ring(struct net_device *dev, gfp_t gfp)

 		skb = alloc_skb(PKT_BUF_SZ, GFP_DMA | gfp);
 		lp->rx_skbuff[i] = skb;
-		if (skb) {
-			skb->dev = dev;
+		if (skb)
 			rx_buff = skb->data;
-		} else
+		else
 			rx_buff = kmalloc(PKT_BUF_SZ, GFP_DMA | gfp);
 		if (rx_buff == NULL)
 			lp->rx_ring[i].base = 0;
-- 
1.7.9.5

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