netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: remove not needed check in rtl8169_start

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Date:   Wed, 18 Nov 2020 17:27:33 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: remove not needed check in
 rtl8169_start_xmit

On Tue, 17 Nov 2020 21:34:09 +0100 Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> In rtl_tx() the released descriptors are zero'ed by
> rtl8169_unmap_tx_skb(). And in the beginning of rtl8169_start_xmit()
> we check that enough descriptors are free, therefore there's no way
> the DescOwn bit can be set here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>

Applied, thanks!