From 95f2bce55b2a07a710039b81f93249d0548e1dc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jon Mason <jdmason@kudzu.us>
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 14:09:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] netxen: remove unnecessary setting of skb->dev

skb->dev is being unnecessarily set by the driver on packet recieve.
eth_type_trans already sets skb->dev to the proper value and it is not
referenced anywhere else in the dirver, thus making its setting unnecessary.

Signed-off-by: Jon Mason <jdmason@kudzu.us>
Cc: Sony Chacko <sony.chacko@qlogic.com>
Cc: Rajesh Borundia <rajesh.borundia@qlogic.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c
index 8694124ef77d..b2c1b6764771 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c
@@ -1532,8 +1532,6 @@ static struct sk_buff *netxen_process_rxbuf(struct netxen_adapter *adapter,
 	} else
 		skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_NONE;
 
-	skb->dev = adapter->netdev;
-
 	buffer->skb = NULL;
 no_skb:
 	buffer->state = NETXEN_BUFFER_FREE;
-- 
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