Re: [PATCH RFC 2/2] net: remove __skb_frag_set_page()

From: Yunsheng Lin
Date: Mon May 08 2023 - 20:51:15 EST


On 2023/5/8 22:31, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Mon, May 08, 2023 at 08:39:22PM +0800, Yunsheng Lin wrote:
>> The remaining users calling __skb_frag_set_page() with
>> page being NULL seems to doing defensive programming, as
>> shinfo->nr_frags is already decremented, so remove them.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Yunsheng Lin <linyunsheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ...
>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
>> index efaff5018af8..f3f08660ec30 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
>> @@ -1105,7 +1105,6 @@ static u32 __bnxt_rx_agg_pages(struct bnxt *bp,
>> unsigned int nr_frags;
>>
>> nr_frags = --shinfo->nr_frags;
>
> Hi Yunsheng,
>
> nr_frags is now unused, other than being set on the line above.
> Probably this local variable can be removed.

Yes, will remove that.
Thanks.