From 1ae5dc342ac78d7a42965fd1f323815f6f5ef2c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 05:01:31 -0700 Subject: 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 Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/lp486e.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/net/lp486e.c') diff --git a/drivers/net/lp486e.c b/drivers/net/lp486e.c index 72379c5439dc..3df046a58b1d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/lp486e.c +++ b/drivers/net/lp486e.c @@ -875,8 +875,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t i596_start_xmit (struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) length = ETH_ZLEN; } - dev->trans_start = jiffies; - tx_cmd = kmalloc((sizeof (struct tx_cmd) + sizeof (struct i596_tbd)), GFP_ATOMIC); if (tx_cmd == NULL) { printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: i596_xmit Memory squeeze, dropping packet.\n", dev->name); -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b