Subject: [RFC] remove skb->dev NULL assignation
From: Daniel Lezcano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I was trying to figure out why in the tcp_v4_rcv/tcp_v6_rcv function,
the skb->dev field is set to NULL. There is certainly a good reason,
but I was not able to find it.
Is it possible to remove this ?
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c | 2 --
net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c | 2 --
2 files changed, 4 deletions(-)
Index: net-2.6/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
===================================================================
--- net-2.6.orig/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ net-2.6/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -1661,8 +1661,6 @@ process:
if (sk_filter(sk, skb))
goto discard_and_relse;
- skb->dev = NULL;
-
bh_lock_sock_nested(sk);
ret = 0;
if (!sock_owned_by_user(sk)) {
Index: net-2.6/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
===================================================================
--- net-2.6.orig/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ net-2.6/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -1722,8 +1722,6 @@ process:
if (sk_filter(sk, skb))
goto discard_and_relse;
- skb->dev = NULL;
-
bh_lock_sock_nested(sk);
ret = 0;
if (!sock_owned_by_user(sk)) {
