[ 3.8.y.z extended stable ] Patch "xen-netback: remove skb in xen_netbk_alloc_page" has been added to staging queue

[Kamal Mostafa]

This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    xen-netback: remove skb in xen_netbk_alloc_page

to the linux-3.8.y-queue branch of the 3.8.y.z extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.8.y-queue

This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.8.13.4.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.8.y.z tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Kamal

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From: Wei Liu <wei.liu2 at citrix.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:08:20 +0000
Subject: xen-netback: remove skb in xen_netbk_alloc_page

commit 27f852282ab9a028f57da96d05c26f38c424a315 upstream.

This variable is never used.

Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2 at citrix.com>
Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell at citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
index cd49ba9..aa28550 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
@@ -942,7 +942,6 @@ static int netbk_count_requests(struct xenvif *vif,
 }

 static struct page *xen_netbk_alloc_page(struct xen_netbk *netbk,
-					 struct sk_buff *skb,
 					 u16 pending_idx)
 {
 	struct page *page;
@@ -976,7 +975,7 @@ static struct gnttab_copy *xen_netbk_get_requests(struct xen_netbk *netbk,

 		index = pending_index(netbk->pending_cons++);
 		pending_idx = netbk->pending_ring[index];
-		page = xen_netbk_alloc_page(netbk, skb, pending_idx);
+		page = xen_netbk_alloc_page(netbk, pending_idx);
 		if (!page)
 			goto err;

@@ -1381,7 +1380,7 @@ static unsigned xen_netbk_tx_build_gops(struct xen_netbk *netbk)
 		}

 		/* XXX could copy straight to head */
-		page = xen_netbk_alloc_page(netbk, skb, pending_idx);
+		page = xen_netbk_alloc_page(netbk, pending_idx);
 		if (!page) {
 			kfree_skb(skb);
 			netbk_tx_err(vif, &txreq, idx);
--
1.8.1.2