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>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c b/drivers/net/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c
index 392470333174..43bf26fb5133 100644
--- a/drivers/net/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c
@@ -992,7 +992,6 @@ static int octeon_mgmt_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
         /* Ring the bell.  */
         cvmx_write_csr(CVMX_MIXX_ORING2(port), 1);
 
-        netdev->trans_start = jiffies;
         rv = NETDEV_TX_OK;
 out:
         octeon_mgmt_update_tx_stats(netdev);