netdev - Re: [patch net-next] sfc: remove unneeded variable

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Date:   Thu, 24 Nov 2016 13:22:24 +0000
From:   Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Solarflare linux maintainers <linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com>
CC:     Bert Kenward <bkenward@...arflare.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch net-next] sfc: remove unneeded variable

On 24/11/16 11:16, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> We don't use ->heap_buf after commit 46d1efd852cc ("sfc: remove Software
> TSO") so let's remove the last traces.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/net_driver.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/net_driver.h
> index f97f828..fd17bda 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/net_driver.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/net_driver.h
> @@ -139,8 +139,6 @@ struct efx_special_buffer {
>   * struct efx_tx_buffer - buffer state for a TX descriptor
>   * @skb: When @flags & %EFX_TX_BUF_SKB, the associated socket buffer to be
>   *	freed when descriptor completes
> - * @heap_buf: When @flags & %EFX_TX_BUF_HEAP, the associated heap buffer to be
> - *	freed when descriptor completes.

Does that mean we can also remove EFX_TX_BUF_HEAP?
-Ed