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>

8 files changed, 2 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/arm/am79c961a.c b/drivers/net/arm/am79c961a.c
index a4b5b08276f..8c496fb1ac9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/arm/am79c961a.c
+++ b/drivers/net/arm/am79c961a.c
@@ -469,7 +469,6 @@ am79c961_sendpacket(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->chip_lock, flags);
 	write_rreg (dev->base_addr, CSR0, CSR0_TDMD|CSR0_IENA);
-	dev->trans_start = jiffies;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->chip_lock, flags);
 
 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/net/arm/at91_ether.c b/drivers/net/arm/at91_ether.c
index 0adab30f626..e07b314ed8f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/arm/at91_ether.c
+++ b/drivers/net/arm/at91_ether.c
@@ -824,7 +824,6 @@ static int at91ether_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		/* Set length of the packet in the Transmit Control register */
 		at91_emac_write(AT91_EMAC_TCR, skb->len);
 
-		dev->trans_start = jiffies;
 	} else {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "at91_ether.c: at91ether_start_xmit() called, but device is busy!\n");
 		return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;	/* if we return anything but zero, dev.c:1055 calls kfree_skb(skb)
diff --git a/drivers/net/arm/ep93xx_eth.c b/drivers/net/arm/ep93xx_eth.c
index 6995169d285..c5f6736b7d6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/arm/ep93xx_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/arm/ep93xx_eth.c
@@ -374,8 +374,6 @@ static int ep93xx_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 				skb->len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 
-	dev->trans_start = jiffies;
-
 	spin_lock_irq(&ep->tx_pending_lock);
 	ep->tx_pending++;
 	if (ep->tx_pending == TX_QUEUE_ENTRIES)
diff --git a/drivers/net/arm/ether1.c b/drivers/net/arm/ether1.c
index e47c0d96285..b17ab5153f5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/arm/ether1.c
+++ b/drivers/net/arm/ether1.c
@@ -736,7 +736,6 @@ ether1_sendpacket (struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 
 	/* handle transmit */
-	dev->trans_start = jiffies;
 
 	/* check to see if we have room for a full sized ether frame */
 	tmp = priv(dev)->tx_head;
diff --git a/drivers/net/arm/ether3.c b/drivers/net/arm/ether3.c
index d9de9bce239..1361b7367c2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/arm/ether3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/arm/ether3.c
@@ -529,7 +529,6 @@ ether3_sendpacket(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;	/* unable to queue */
 	}
 
-	dev->trans_start = jiffies;
 	ptr		 = 0x600 * priv(dev)->tx_head;
 	priv(dev)->tx_head = next_ptr;
 	next_ptr	*= 0x600;
diff --git a/drivers/net/arm/ixp4xx_eth.c b/drivers/net/arm/ixp4xx_eth.c
index 7800d7dfd29..24df0325090 100644
--- a/drivers/net/arm/ixp4xx_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/arm/ixp4xx_eth.c
@@ -708,7 +708,6 @@ static int eth_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	/* NPE firmware pads short frames with zeros internally */
 	wmb();
 	queue_put_desc(TX_QUEUE(port->id), tx_desc_phys(port, n), desc);
-	dev->trans_start = jiffies;
 
 	if (qmgr_stat_below_low_watermark(txreadyq)) { /* empty */
 #if DEBUG_TX
diff --git a/drivers/net/arm/ks8695net.c b/drivers/net/arm/ks8695net.c
index 6404704f7ea..54c6d849cf2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/arm/ks8695net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/arm/ks8695net.c
@@ -1302,8 +1302,6 @@ ks8695_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
 	if (++ksp->tx_ring_used == MAX_TX_DESC)
 		netif_stop_queue(ndev);
 
-	ndev->trans_start = jiffies;
-
 	/* Kick the TX DMA in case it decided to go IDLE */
 	ks8695_writereg(ksp, KS8695_DTSC, 0);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/arm/w90p910_ether.c b/drivers/net/arm/w90p910_ether.c
index 2491934b73e..2e852463382 100644
--- a/drivers/net/arm/w90p910_ether.c
+++ b/drivers/net/arm/w90p910_ether.c
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ static void w90p910_reset_mac(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	w90p910_init_desc(dev);
 
-	dev->trans_start = jiffies;
+	dev->trans_start = jiffies; /* prevent tx timeout */
 	ether->cur_tx = 0x0;
 	ether->finish_tx = 0x0;
 	ether->cur_rx = 0x0;
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ static void w90p910_reset_mac(struct net_device *dev)
 	w90p910_trigger_tx(dev);
 	w90p910_trigger_rx(dev);
 
-	dev->trans_start = jiffies;
+	dev->trans_start = jiffies; /* prevent tx timeout */
 
 	if (netif_queue_stopped(dev))
 		netif_wake_queue(dev);
@@ -634,8 +634,6 @@ static int w90p910_send_frame(struct net_device *dev,
 
 	txbd = &ether->tdesc->desclist[ether->cur_tx];
 
-	dev->trans_start = jiffies;
-
 	if (txbd->mode & TX_OWEN_DMA)
 		netif_stop_queue(dev);