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[net-next,2/6] ixgbevf: remove redundant workaround

Message ID 1383314210-24289-3-git-send-email-jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Kirsher, Jeffrey T Nov. 1, 2013, 1:56 p.m. UTC 
From: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@intel.com>

This patch removes a workaround related to header split, which is redundant
because the driver does not support splitting packet headers on Rx.

Signed-off-by: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@intel.com>
Tested-by: Phil Schmitt <phillip.j.schmitt@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
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 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c | 9 ---------
 1 file changed, 9 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index b16b694..9685354 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -497,15 +497,6 @@  static int ixgbevf_clean_rx_irq(struct ixgbevf_q_vector *q_vector,
 		total_rx_bytes += skb->len;
 		total_rx_packets++;
 
-		/*
-		 * Work around issue of some types of VM to VM loop back
-		 * packets not getting split correctly
-		 */
-		if (staterr & IXGBE_RXD_STAT_LB) {
-			u32 header_fixup_len = skb_headlen(skb);
-			if (header_fixup_len < 14)
-				skb_push(skb, header_fixup_len);
-		}
 		skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, rx_ring->netdev);
 
 		/* Workaround hardware that can't do proper VEPA multicast