2 files changed, 3 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 718ad579c65c..3a0ed7f9e801 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ struct netif_rx_stats
         unsigned total;
         unsigned dropped;
         unsigned time_squeeze;
-        unsigned throttled;
         unsigned cpu_collision;
 };
 
@@ -557,10 +556,9 @@ static inline int unregister_gifconf(unsigned int family)
 
 struct softnet_data
 {
-        int                     throttle;
+        struct net_device       *output_queue;
         struct sk_buff_head     input_pkt_queue;
         struct list_head        poll_list;
-        struct net_device       *output_queue;
         struct sk_buff          *completion_queue;
 
         struct net_device       backlog_dev;    /* Sorry. 8) */
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 3156df699f01..1a64508e527f 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static struct notifier_block *netdev_chain;
  *      Device drivers call our routines to queue packets here. We empty the
  *      queue in the local softnet handler.
  */
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct softnet_data, softnet_data) = { 0, };
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct softnet_data, softnet_data) = { NULL };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
 extern int netdev_sysfs_init(void);
@@ -1372,7 +1372,6 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct netif_rx_stats, netdev_rx_stat) = { 0, };
 
 int netif_rx(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-        int this_cpu;
         struct softnet_data *queue;
         unsigned long flags;
 
@@ -1388,15 +1387,11 @@ int netif_rx(struct sk_buff *skb)
          * short when CPU is congested, but is still operating.
          */
         local_irq_save(flags);
-        this_cpu = smp_processor_id();
         queue = &__get_cpu_var(softnet_data);
 
         __get_cpu_var(netdev_rx_stat).total++;
         if (queue->input_pkt_queue.qlen <= netdev_max_backlog) {
                 if (queue->input_pkt_queue.qlen) {
-                        if (queue->throttle)
-                                goto drop;
-
 enqueue:
                         dev_hold(skb->dev);
                         __skb_queue_tail(&queue->input_pkt_queue, skb);
@@ -1404,19 +1399,10 @@ enqueue:
                         return NET_RX_SUCCESS;
                 }
 
-                if (queue->throttle)
-                        queue->throttle = 0;
-
                 netif_rx_schedule(&queue->backlog_dev);
                 goto enqueue;
         }
 
-        if (!queue->throttle) {
-                queue->throttle = 1;
-                __get_cpu_var(netdev_rx_stat).throttled++;
-        }
-
-drop:
         __get_cpu_var(netdev_rx_stat).dropped++;
         local_irq_restore(flags);
 
@@ -1701,8 +1687,6 @@ job_done:
         smp_mb__before_clear_bit();
         netif_poll_enable(backlog_dev);
 
-        if (queue->throttle)
-                queue->throttle = 0;
         local_irq_enable();
         return 0;
 }
@@ -1976,7 +1960,7 @@ static int softnet_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
         struct netif_rx_stats *s = v;
 
         seq_printf(seq, "%08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x\n",
-                   s->total, s->dropped, s->time_squeeze, s->throttled,
+                   s->total, s->dropped, s->time_squeeze, 0,
                    0, 0, 0, 0, /* was fastroute */
                    s->cpu_collision );
         return 0;
@@ -3220,7 +3204,6 @@ static int __init net_dev_init(void)
 
                 queue = &per_cpu(softnet_data, i);
                 skb_queue_head_init(&queue->input_pkt_queue);
-                queue->throttle = 0;
                 queue->completion_queue = NULL;
                 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&queue->poll_list);
                 set_bit(__LINK_STATE_START, &queue->backlog_dev.state);