netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH] ixgbe: Remove IXGBE_FLAG_IN

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Date:	Tue, 11 Nov 2014 00:26:38 -0800
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, donald.c.skidmore@...el.com,
	davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH] ixgbe: Remove IXGBE_FLAG_IN_NETPOLL since it
 doesn't do anything

On Mon, 2014-11-10 at 14:50 -0800, Alexander Duyck wrote:
> This patch removes some dead code from the cleanup path for ixgbe.
> 
> Setting and clearing the flag doesn't do anything since all we are
> doing is
> setting the flag, scheduling napi, clearing the flag and then letting
> netpoll do the polling cleanup.  As such it doesn't make much sense to
> have
> it there.
> 
> This patch also removes one minor white-space error.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...hat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h      |    1 -
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c |   16 ++++------------
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

Thanks Alex, I have added your patch to my queue.

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