netdev - [PATCH 2/6] mlx4_en: Removed redundant skb->len check

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Date:	Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:15:39 +0300
From:	Yevgeny Petrilin <yevgenyp@...lanox.co.il>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Tziporet Koren <tziporet@...lanox.co.il>
Subject: [PATCH 2/6] mlx4_en: Removed redundant skb->len check

We don't need this check in the transmit function

Signed-off-by: Yevgeny Petrilin <yevgenyp@...lanox.co.il>
---
 drivers/net/mlx4/en_tx.c |    4 ----
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/en_tx.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/en_tx.c
index c0177c3..e631323 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/en_tx.c
@@ -614,10 +614,6 @@ int mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	int lso_header_size;
 	void *fragptr;
 
-	if (unlikely(!skb->len)) {
-		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
-		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
-	}
 	real_size = get_real_size(skb, dev, &lso_header_size);
 	if (unlikely(!real_size))
 		goto tx_drop;
-- 
1.6.0

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