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 <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ni5010.c b/drivers/net/ni5010.c
index 3892330..f80b501 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ni5010.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ni5010.c
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@
/* Try to restart the adaptor. */
/* FIXME: Give it a real kick here */
chipset_init(dev, 1);
- dev->trans_start = jiffies;
+ dev->trans_start = jiffies; /* prevent tx timeout */
netif_wake_queue(dev);
}
@@ -460,7 +460,6 @@
netif_stop_queue(dev);
hardware_send_packet(dev, (unsigned char *)skb->data, skb->len, length-skb->len);
- dev->trans_start = jiffies;
dev_kfree_skb (skb);
return NETDEV_TX_OK;
}