netdev - [PATCH] ibmvnic: Remove skb->protocol checks in ibmvnic

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Date:   Fri, 09 Feb 2018 13:09:34 -0600
From:   Nathan Fontenot <nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     jallen@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH] ibmvnic: Remove skb->protocol checks in ibmvnic_xmit

From: John Allen (jallen@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Having these checks in ibmvnic_xmit causes problems with VLAN
tagging and balance-alb/tlb bonding modes. The restriction they
imposed can be removed.

Signed-off-by: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c |    5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index 5caaa9033841..f276c6dcb4a9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -1414,10 +1414,7 @@ static int ibmvnic_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 		hdrs += 2;
 	}
 	/* determine if l2/3/4 headers are sent to firmware */
-	if ((*hdrs >> 7) & 1 &&
-	    (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP) ||
-	     skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IPV6) ||
-	     skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_ARP))) {
+	if ((*hdrs >> 7) & 1) {
 		build_hdr_descs_arr(tx_buff, &num_entries, *hdrs);
 		tx_crq.v1.n_crq_elem = num_entries;
 		tx_buff->indir_arr[0] = tx_crq;