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, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/smsc9420.c b/drivers/net/smsc9420.c
index ada05c452175..6cdee6a15f9f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/smsc9420.c
+++ b/drivers/net/smsc9420.c
@@ -1034,8 +1034,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t smsc9420_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
         smsc9420_reg_write(pd, TX_POLL_DEMAND, 1);
         smsc9420_pci_flush_write(pd);
 
-        dev->trans_start = jiffies;
-
         return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }