1 files changed, 2 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/net/tipc/link.c b/net/tipc/link.c
index bcfb0a4ab485..af50b53e75d9 100644
--- a/net/tipc/link.c
+++ b/net/tipc/link.c
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ struct tipc_stats {
  * @backlogq: queue for messages waiting to be sent
  * @snt_nxt: next sequence number to use for outbound messages
  * @prev_from: sequence number of most previous retransmission request
- * @stale_cnt: counter for number of identical retransmit attempts
  * @stale_limit: time when repeated identical retransmits must force link reset
  * @ackers: # of peers that needs to ack each packet before it can be released
  * @acked: # last packet acked by a certain peer. Used for broadcast.
@@ -167,7 +166,6 @@ struct tipc_link {
         u16 snd_nxt;
         u16 prev_from;
         u16 window;
-        u16 stale_cnt;
         unsigned long stale_limit;
 
         /* Reception */
@@ -910,7 +908,6 @@ void tipc_link_reset(struct tipc_link *l)
         l->acked = 0;
         l->silent_intv_cnt = 0;
         l->rst_cnt = 0;
-        l->stale_cnt = 0;
         l->bc_peer_is_up = false;
         memset(&l->mon_state, 0, sizeof(l->mon_state));
         tipc_link_reset_stats(l);
@@ -1068,8 +1065,7 @@ static bool link_retransmit_failure(struct tipc_link *l, struct tipc_link *r,
         if (r->prev_from != from) {
                 r->prev_from = from;
                 r->stale_limit = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(r->tolerance);
-                r->stale_cnt = 0;
-        } else if (++r->stale_cnt > 99 && time_after(jiffies, r->stale_limit)) {
+        } else if (time_after(jiffies, r->stale_limit)) {
                 pr_warn("Retransmission failure on link <%s>\n", l->name);
                 link_print(l, "State of link ");
                 pr_info("Failed msg: usr %u, typ %u, len %u, err %u\n",
@@ -1515,7 +1511,6 @@ int tipc_link_rcv(struct tipc_link *l, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
                 /* Forward queues and wake up waiting users */
                 if (likely(tipc_link_release_pkts(l, msg_ack(hdr)))) {
-                        l->stale_cnt = 0;
                         tipc_link_advance_backlog(l, xmitq);
                         if (unlikely(!skb_queue_empty(&l->wakeupq)))
                                 link_prepare_wakeup(l);
@@ -2584,7 +2579,7 @@ int tipc_link_dump(struct tipc_link *l, u16 dqueues, char *buf)
         i += scnprintf(buf + i, sz - i, " %u", l->silent_intv_cnt);
         i += scnprintf(buf + i, sz - i, " %u", l->rst_cnt);
         i += scnprintf(buf + i, sz - i, " %u", l->prev_from);
-        i += scnprintf(buf + i, sz - i, " %u", l->stale_cnt);
+        i += scnprintf(buf + i, sz - i, " %u", 0);
         i += scnprintf(buf + i, sz - i, " %u", l->acked);
 
         list = &l->transmq;