netdev - [PATCH net-next v2 01/17] ethernet: ucc_geth: remove unused read of temoder field

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Date:   Tue, 19 Jan 2021 16:07:46 +0100
From:   Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@...vas.dk>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Li Yang <leoyang.li@....com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Zhao Qiang <qiang.zhao@....com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Joakim Tjernlund <Joakim.Tjernlund@...inera.com>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@...vas.dk>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 01/17] ethernet: ucc_geth: remove unused read of temoder field

In theory, such a read-after-write might be required by the hardware,
but nothing in the data sheet suggests that to be the case. The name
test also suggests that it's some debug leftover.

Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@...vas.dk>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
index 6d853f018d53..d4b775870f4e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
@@ -2359,7 +2359,6 @@ static int ucc_geth_startup(struct ucc_geth_private *ugeth)
 	u32 init_enet_pram_offset, cecr_subblock, command;
 	u32 ifstat, i, j, size, l2qt, l3qt;
 	u16 temoder = UCC_GETH_TEMODER_INIT;
-	u16 test;
 	u8 function_code = 0;
 	u8 __iomem *endOfRing;
 	u8 numThreadsRxNumerical, numThreadsTxNumerical;
@@ -2667,8 +2666,6 @@ static int ucc_geth_startup(struct ucc_geth_private *ugeth)
 	temoder |= ((ug_info->numQueuesTx - 1) << TEMODER_NUM_OF_QUEUES_SHIFT);
 	out_be16(&ugeth->p_tx_glbl_pram->temoder, temoder);
 
-	test = in_be16(&ugeth->p_tx_glbl_pram->temoder);
-
 	/* Function code register value to be used later */
 	function_code = UCC_BMR_BO_BE | UCC_BMR_GBL;
 	/* Required for QE */
-- 
2.23.0