netdev - [PATCH net-next V1 06/11] net/mlx5e: Avoid redundant dev_kfree

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Date:	Tue, 23 Jun 2015 17:14:17 +0300
From:	Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>
To:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Amir Vadai <amirv@...lanox.com>,
	Tal Alon <talal@...lanox.com>,
	Achiad Shochat <achiad@...lanox.com>,
	Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
	Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next V1 06/11] net/mlx5e: Avoid redundant dev_kfree_skb() upon NOP completion

From: Achiad Shochat <achiad@...lanox.com>

NOP completion SKBs are always NULL.

Signed-off-by: Achiad Shochat <achiad@...lanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c
index c0566b6..f5c7d78 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ bool mlx5e_poll_tx_cq(struct mlx5e_cq *cq)
 		if (unlikely(!skb)) { /* nop */
 			sq->stats.nop++;
 			sqcc++;
-			goto free_skb;
+			continue;
 		}
 
 		for (j = 0; j < MLX5E_TX_SKB_CB(skb)->num_dma; j++) {
@@ -309,8 +309,6 @@ bool mlx5e_poll_tx_cq(struct mlx5e_cq *cq)
 		npkts++;
 		nbytes += MLX5E_TX_SKB_CB(skb)->num_bytes;
 		sqcc += MLX5E_TX_SKB_CB(skb)->num_wqebbs;
-
-free_skb:
 		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 	}
 
-- 
2.3.7

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