netdev - [PATCH net 3/3] nfp: don't pad frames on receive

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Date:   Wed,  7 Sep 2016 19:45:37 +0100
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 3/3] nfp: don't pad frames on receive

There is no need to pad frames to ETH_ZLEN on RX.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>
Reviewed-by: Dinan Gunawardena <dinan.gunawardena@...ronome.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_common.c | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_common.c
index e4fe0f080f34..252e4924de0f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_common.c
@@ -1440,10 +1440,6 @@ static int nfp_net_rx(struct nfp_net_rx_ring *rx_ring, int budget)
 
 		nfp_net_set_hash(nn->netdev, skb, rxd);
 
-		/* Pad small frames to minimum */
-		if (skb_put_padto(skb, 60))
-			break;
-
 		/* Stats update */
 		u64_stats_update_begin(&r_vec->rx_sync);
 		r_vec->rx_pkts++;
-- 
1.9.1