ath9k: remove unused stepdown when looking for the next rate

This is not used, remove this.

Cc: Derek Smithies <derek@indranet.co.nz>
Cc: Chittajit Mitra <Chittajit.Mitra@Atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c
index 7b37b2798dfc..64cb697805b8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c
@@ -817,19 +817,14 @@ static void ath_rc_rate_set_rtscts(struct ath_softc *sc,
 static u8 ath_rc_rate_getidx(struct ath_softc *sc,
                              struct ath_rate_priv *ath_rc_priv,
                              const struct ath_rate_table *rate_table,
-                             u8 rix, u16 stepdown)
+                             u8 rix)
 {
-        u32 j;
         u8 nextindex = 0;
-
-        for (j = stepdown; j > 0; j--) {
-                if (ath_rc_get_nextlowervalid_txrate(rate_table,
-                                        ath_rc_priv, rix, &nextindex))
-                        rix = nextindex;
-                else
-                        break;
-        }
-        return rix;
+        if (ath_rc_get_nextlowervalid_txrate(rate_table,
+                                             ath_rc_priv, rix, &nextindex))
+                return nextindex;
+        else
+                return rix;
 }
 
 static void ath_rc_ratefind(struct ath_softc *sc,
@@ -871,7 +866,7 @@ static void ath_rc_ratefind(struct ath_softc *sc,
                  * after the probe rate
                  */
                 nrix = ath_rc_rate_getidx(sc, ath_rc_priv,
-                                          rate_table, nrix, 1);
+                                          rate_table, nrix);
                 ath_rc_rate_set_series(rate_table, &rates[i++], txrc,
                                        try_per_rate, nrix, 0);
 
@@ -889,7 +884,7 @@ static void ath_rc_ratefind(struct ath_softc *sc,
                         try_per_rate = 4;
 
                 nrix = ath_rc_rate_getidx(sc, ath_rc_priv,
-                                          rate_table, nrix, 1);
+                                          rate_table, nrix);
                 /* All other rates in the series have RTS enabled */
                 ath_rc_rate_set_series(rate_table, &rates[i], txrc,
                                        try_per_rate, nrix, 1);