netdev - [PATCH RFC 29/30] net: fec: remove useless status check in tx reap path

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Date:	Fri, 20 Jun 2014 13:14:11 +0100
From:	Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>
To:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:	Fugang Duan <B38611@...escale.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH RFC 29/30] net: fec: remove useless status check in tx reap
 path

Remove a useless status check in the transmit reap path - we have
already checked that the BD_ENET_TX_READY bit is clear, and as the
hardware only ever clears this bit, there is no way this test can ever
be true.

Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
index e170bea2f8cd..3dbba3354aef 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
@@ -1133,9 +1133,6 @@ fec_enet_tx(struct net_device *ndev)
 			skb_tstamp_tx(skb, &shhwtstamps);
 		}
 
-		if (status & BD_ENET_TX_READY)
-			netdev_err(ndev, "HEY! Enet xmit interrupt and TX_READY\n");
-
 		/* Deferred means some collisions occurred during transmit,
 		 * but we eventually sent the packet OK.
 		 */
-- 
1.8.3.1

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