linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next v2 6/7] net: ipa: get rid of status size constraint

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Message-Id: <20210205221100.1738-7-elder@linaro.org>
Date:   Fri,  5 Feb 2021 16:10:59 -0600
From:   Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>
To:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org
Cc:     elder@...nel.org, evgreen@...omium.org, bjorn.andersson@...aro.org,
        cpratapa@...eaurora.org, subashab@...eaurora.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 6/7] net: ipa: get rid of status size constraint

There is a build-time check that the packet status structure is a
multiple of 4 bytes in size.  It's not clear where that constraint
comes from, but the structure defines what hardware provides so its
definition won't change.  Get rid of the check; it adds no value.

Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>
---
 drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.c b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.c
index bff5d6ffd1186..7209ee3c31244 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.c
@@ -174,9 +174,6 @@ static bool ipa_endpoint_data_valid(struct ipa *ipa, u32 count,
 	enum ipa_endpoint_name name;
 	u32 limit;
 
-	/* Not sure where this constraint come from... */
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct ipa_status) % 4);
-
 	if (count > IPA_ENDPOINT_COUNT) {
 		dev_err(dev, "too many endpoints specified (%u > %u)\n",
 			count, IPA_ENDPOINT_COUNT);
-- 
2.20.1