Alternatively one could free the skb, OTOH I don't think this test is useful so just remove it.
Cc: <linux-r...@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <f...@strlen.de> --- Noticed this while working on the TX_LOCKED removal. diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_nic.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_nic.c index 3ea9e05..9291453 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_nic.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_nic.c @@ -500,9 +500,6 @@ static int nes_netdev_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev) * skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags, skb_is_gso(skb)); */ - if (!netif_carrier_ok(netdev)) - return NETDEV_TX_OK; - if (netif_queue_stopped(netdev)) return NETDEV_TX_BUSY; -- 2.7.3