netdev - [PATCH net-next 2/3] macsec: remove superfluous zeroing of skb reference

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Date:   Sun, 30 Jun 2019 22:46:53 +0200
From:   Andreas Steinmetz <ast@...dv.de>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 2/3] macsec: remove superfluous zeroing of skb
 reference

Remove superfluous zeroing of skb pointer for the RX_HANDLER_CONSUMED
case, since in that case, __netif_receive_skb_core will simply ignore
the value.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Steinmetz <ast@...dv.de>

--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c	2019-06-30 22:04:10.003613880 +0200
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c	2019-06-30 22:04:22.405822436 +0200
@@ -1215,7 +1215,6 @@
 			macsec_rxsc_put(rx_sc);
 		}
 		rcu_read_unlock();
-		*pskb = NULL;
 		return RX_HANDLER_CONSUMED;
 	}
 
@@ -1239,7 +1238,6 @@
 
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
-	*pskb = NULL;
 	return RX_HANDLER_CONSUMED;
 
 drop:
@@ -1249,7 +1247,6 @@
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 drop_direct:
 	kfree_skb(skb);
-	*pskb = NULL;
 	return RX_HANDLER_CONSUMED;
 
 nosci: