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Date:	Sat, 22 Mar 2014 09:56:03 +0100
From:	Antonio Quartulli <antonio@...hcoding.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, b.a.t.m.a.n@...ts.open-mesh.org,
	Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@....de>,
	Marek Lindner <mareklindner@...mailbox.ch>,
	Antonio Quartulli <antonio@...hcoding.com>
Subject: [PATCH 03/16] batman-adv: remove obsolete skb_reset_mac_header() in batadv_bla_tx()

From: Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@....de>

Our .ndo_start_xmit handler (batadv_interface_tx()) can rely on having
the skb mac header pointer set correctly since the following commit
present in kernels >= 3.9:

"net: reset mac header in dev_start_xmit()" (6d1ccff627)

Therefore this commit removes the according, now redundant,
skb_reset_mac_header() call in batadv_bla_tx().

Signed-off-by: Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@....de>
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@...mailbox.ch>
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@...hcoding.com>
---
 net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c b/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c
index 73d8372..70d781a 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c
@@ -1547,9 +1547,6 @@ int batadv_bla_tx(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (!atomic_read(&bat_priv->bridge_loop_avoidance))
 		goto allow;
 
-	/* in VLAN case, the mac header might not be set. */
-	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
-
 	if (batadv_bla_process_claim(bat_priv, primary_if, skb))
 		goto handled;
 
-- 
1.8.3.2

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