netdev - [PATCH net-next 2/7] net: stmmac: do not clear tx_skbuff entries in stmmac_xmit()/stmmac_tso

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Date:   Mon, 19 Feb 2018 18:11:10 +0100
From:   Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@...s.com>
To:     Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...com>
Cc:     Jose.Abreu@...opsys.com, vbhadram@...dia.com,
        Niklas Cassel <niklass@...s.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 2/7] net: stmmac: do not clear tx_skbuff entries in stmmac_xmit()/stmmac_tso_xmit()

tx_skbuff is initialized to NULL in init_dma_tx_desc_rings(), which is
called from ndo_open().

stmmac_tx_clean() frees any non-NULL skb, and sets the tx_skbuff
entry to NULL. Hence, there is no need to set skbuff entries to NULL
in stmmac_xmit()/stmmac_tso_xmit(), and doing so falsely gives the
reader the impression that it is needed.
Do not clear tx_skbuff entries in stmmac_xmit()/stmmac_tso_xmit().

Signed-off-by: Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@...s.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index d38bf38f12f5..24afe7733cde 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -2927,7 +2927,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t stmmac_tso_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 		tx_q->tx_skbuff_dma[tx_q->cur_tx].buf = des;
 		tx_q->tx_skbuff_dma[tx_q->cur_tx].len = skb_frag_size(frag);
-		tx_q->tx_skbuff[tx_q->cur_tx] = NULL;
 		tx_q->tx_skbuff_dma[tx_q->cur_tx].map_as_page = true;
 	}
 
@@ -3102,8 +3101,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t stmmac_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		if (dma_mapping_error(priv->device, des))
 			goto dma_map_err; /* should reuse desc w/o issues */
 
-		tx_q->tx_skbuff[entry] = NULL;
-
 		tx_q->tx_skbuff_dma[entry].buf = des;
 		if (unlikely(priv->synopsys_id >= DWMAC_CORE_4_00))
 			desc->des0 = cpu_to_le32(des);
-- 
2.14.2