netdev - [PATCH] e1000: remove the check: skb->len<=0

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Message-Id: <1399957629-13536-1-git-send-email-xuyongjiande@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 13 May 2014 13:07:09 +0800
From:	xuyongjiande@...il.com
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Yongjian Xu <xuyongjiande@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] e1000: remove the check: skb->len<=0

From: Yongjian Xu <xuyongjiande@...il.com>

There is no case skb->len would be 0 or 'negative'.
Remove the check.

Signed-off-by: Yongjian Xu <xuyongjiande@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
index 27058df..660971f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -3105,11 +3105,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t e1000_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	 */
 	tx_ring = adapter->tx_ring;
 
-	if (unlikely(skb->len <= 0)) {
-		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
-		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
-	}
-
 	/* On PCI/PCI-X HW, if packet size is less than ETH_ZLEN,
 	 * packets may get corrupted during padding by HW.
 	 * To WA this issue, pad all small packets manually.
-- 
1.9.1

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