linux-kernel - [PATCH RESEND net v4 2/4] virtio/vsock: remove redundant 'skb

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Date:   Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:06:53 +0300
From:   Arseniy Krasnov <avkrasnov@...rdevices.ru>
To:     Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>,
        Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Bobby Eshleman <bobby.eshleman@...edance.com>
CC:     <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <kernel@...rdevices.ru>, <oxffffaa@...il.com>,
        <avkrasnov@...rdevices.ru>
Subject: [PATCH RESEND net v4 2/4] virtio/vsock: remove redundant 'skb_pull()'
 call

Since we now no longer use 'skb->len' to update credit, there is no sense
to update skbuff state, because it is used only once after dequeue to
copy data and then will be released.

Fixes: 71dc9ec9ac7d ("virtio/vsock: replace virtio_vsock_pkt with sk_buff")
Signed-off-by: Arseniy Krasnov <AVKrasnov@...rdevices.ru>
Reviewed-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
---
 net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
index 618680fd9906..9a411475e201 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
@@ -465,7 +465,6 @@ static int virtio_transport_seqpacket_do_dequeue(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
 					dequeued_len = err;
 				} else {
 					user_buf_len -= bytes_to_copy;
-					skb_pull(skb, bytes_to_copy);
 				}
 
 				spin_lock_bh(&vvs->rx_lock);
-- 
2.25.1