netdev - [PATCH net-next v4 11/12] bng_en: Remove jumbo

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Message-ID: <20260203085942.2477583-12-alice.projects@fastmail.im>
Date: Tue,  3 Feb 2026 10:59:41 +0200
From: Alice Mikityanska <alice.projects@...tmail.im>
To: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>,
	Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
	Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
	Stanislav Fomichev <stfomichev@...il.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Alice Mikityanska <alice@...valent.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v4 11/12] bng_en: Remove jumbo_remove step from TX path

From: Alice Mikityanska <alice@...valent.com>

Now that the kernel doesn't insert HBH for BIG TCP IPv6 packets, remove
unnecessary steps from the bnxt_en TX path, that used to check and
remove HBH.

Signed-off-by: Alice Mikityanska <alice@...valent.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_txrx.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_txrx.c
index de26ef9b5641..a2616f037557 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_txrx.c
@@ -1463,9 +1463,6 @@ netdev_tx_t bnge_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 			return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
 	}
 
-	if (unlikely(ipv6_hopopt_jumbo_remove(skb)))
-		goto tx_free;
-
 	last_frag = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
 
 	txbd = &txr->tx_desc_ring[TX_RING(bn, prod)][TX_IDX(prod)];
-- 
2.52.0