@@ -38,24 +38,6 @@ static void qeth_l2_vnicc_init(struct qeth_card *card);
static bool qeth_l2_vnicc_recover_timeout(struct qeth_card *card, u32 vnicc,
u32 *timeout);
-static int qeth_l2_verify_dev(struct net_device *dev)
-{
- struct qeth_card *card;
- unsigned long flags;
- int rc = 0;
-
- read_lock_irqsave(&qeth_core_card_list.rwlock, flags);
- list_for_each_entry(card, &qeth_core_card_list.list, list) {
- if (card->dev == dev) {
- rc = QETH_REAL_CARD;
- break;
- }
- }
- read_unlock_irqrestore(&qeth_core_card_list.rwlock, flags);
-
- return rc;
-}
-
static struct net_device *qeth_l2_netdev_by_devno(unsigned char *read_dev_no)
{
struct qeth_card *card;
@@ -568,11 +550,6 @@ static int qeth_l2_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
QETH_CARD_TEXT(card, 3, "setmac");
- if (qeth_l2_verify_dev(dev) != QETH_REAL_CARD) {
- QETH_CARD_TEXT(card, 3, "setmcINV");
- return -EOPNOTSUPP;
- }
-
if (card->info.type == QETH_CARD_TYPE_OSN ||
card->info.type == QETH_CARD_TYPE_OSM ||
card->info.type == QETH_CARD_TYPE_OSX) {
There's no reason why l2_set_mac_address() should ever be called for a netdevice that's not owned by qeth. It's certainly not required for VLAN devices, which have their own netdev_ops. Also: 1) we don't do such validation for any of the other netdev_ops routines. 2) the code in question clearly has never been actually exercised; it's broken. After determining that the device is not owned by qeth, it would still use dev->ml_priv to write a qeth trace entry. Remove the check, and its helper that walked the global card list. Signed-off-by: Julian Wiedmann <jwi@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c | 23 ----------------------- 1 file changed, 23 deletions(-)