From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: Simon Wunderlich Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2016 17:45:15 +0100 Message-Id: <20161108164526.7518-7-sw@simonwunderlich.de> In-Reply-To: <20161108164526.7518-1-sw@simonwunderlich.de> References: <20161108164526.7518-1-sw@simonwunderlich.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 06/17] batman-adv: Remove unused skb_reset_mac_header() List-Id: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: davem@davemloft.net Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org From: Linus Lüssing During broadcast queueing, the skb_reset_mac_header() sets the skb to a place invalid for a MAC header, pointing right into the batman-adv broadcast packet. Luckily, no one seems to actually use eth_hdr(skb) afterwards until batadv_send_skb_packet() resets the header to a valid position again. Therefore removing this unnecessary, weird skb_reset_mac_header() call. Signed-off-by: Linus Lüssing Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich --- net/batman-adv/send.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/batman-adv/send.c b/net/batman-adv/send.c index e1e9136..be3f6d7 100644 --- a/net/batman-adv/send.c +++ b/net/batman-adv/send.c @@ -586,8 +586,6 @@ int batadv_add_bcast_packet_to_list(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, bcast_packet = (struct batadv_bcast_packet *)newskb->data; bcast_packet->ttl--; - skb_reset_mac_header(newskb); - forw_packet->skb = newskb; INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&forw_packet->delayed_work, -- 2.10.1