netdev - [net-next 07/16] net/mlx5e: Avoid redundant zeroing of offloaded TC flow attributes

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Date:   Mon, 14 May 2018 15:19:25 -0700
From:   Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
To:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
Subject: [net-next 07/16] net/mlx5e: Avoid redundant zeroing of offloaded TC flow attributes

From: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>

This is not needed as the attributes are zeroed out on allocation.

Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>
Reviewed-by: Jianbo Liu <jianbol@...lanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index 85ad0948951c..7d88e813bad1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -1923,7 +1923,6 @@ static int parse_tc_nic_actions(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, struct tcf_exts *exts,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	attr->flow_tag = MLX5_FS_DEFAULT_FLOW_TAG;
-	attr->action = 0;
 
 	tcf_exts_to_list(exts, &actions);
 	list_for_each_entry(a, &actions, list) {
@@ -2464,7 +2463,6 @@ static int parse_tc_fdb_actions(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, struct tcf_exts *exts,
 	if (!tcf_exts_has_actions(exts))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	memset(attr, 0, sizeof(*attr));
 	attr->in_rep = rpriv->rep;
 
 	tcf_exts_to_list(exts, &actions);
-- 
2.17.0