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authorEric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>2010-05-10 05:01:31 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-05-10 05:01:31 -0700
commit1ae5dc342ac78d7a42965fd1f323815f6f5ef2c1 (patch)
treed1955a7639e99832590df26466a34d5786a880ae /drivers/net/arm/at91_ether.c
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net: trans_start cleanups
Now that core network takes care of trans_start updates, dont do it in drivers themselves, if possible. Drivers can avoid one cache miss (on dev->trans_start) in their start_xmit() handler. Exceptions are NETIF_F_LLTX drivers Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/arm/at91_ether.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/arm/at91_ether.c1
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/arm/at91_ether.c b/drivers/net/arm/at91_ether.c
index 0adab30f626b..e07b314ed8fd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/arm/at91_ether.c
+++ b/drivers/net/arm/at91_ether.c
@@ -824,7 +824,6 @@ static int at91ether_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
/* Set length of the packet in the Transmit Control register */
at91_emac_write(AT91_EMAC_TCR, skb->len);
- dev->trans_start = jiffies;
} else {
printk(KERN_ERR "at91_ether.c: at91ether_start_xmit() called, but device is busy!\n");
return NETDEV_TX_BUSY; /* if we return anything but zero, dev.c:1055 calls kfree_skb(skb)
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