netdev - [PATCH net-next] net: phy: remove dead code from phy_sanitize

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Message-ID: <6dc5c41a-c981-114a-3b1a-42046da3a547@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 17 Apr 2019 00:13:09 +0200
From:   Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: remove dead code from
 phy_sanitize_settings

phy_sanitize_settings() is called from phy_start_aneg() only, and only
if phydev->autoneg isn't set. Therefore the removed code does nothing.

Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/phy/phy.c | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index 5938c5acf..984de9872 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -214,10 +214,6 @@ static void phy_sanitize_settings(struct phy_device *phydev)
 {
 	const struct phy_setting *setting;
 
-	/* Sanitize settings based on PHY capabilities */
-	if (linkmode_test_bit(ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_Autoneg_BIT, phydev->supported))
-		phydev->autoneg = AUTONEG_DISABLE;
-
 	setting = phy_find_valid(phydev->speed, phydev->duplex,
 				 phydev->supported);
 	if (setting) {
-- 
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