[PATCH 1/6] staging: hv: remove unnecessary code in netvsc_probe().

[Haiyang Zhang]

netif_carrier_off() was called earlier in this function, and there is
no other thread access this device yet. The status checking code is not
necessary here.

Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Abhishek Kane <v-abkane@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Hank Janssen <hjanssen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c |   12 +-----------
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c
index 7b9c229..456d3df 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -364,17 +364,7 @@ static int netvsc_probe(struct hv_device *dev)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * If carrier is still off ie we did not get a link status callback,
-	 * update it if necessary
-	 */
-	/*
-	 * FIXME: We should use a atomic or test/set instead to avoid getting
-	 * out of sync with the device's link status
-	 */
-	if (!netif_carrier_ok(net))
-		if (!device_info.link_state)
-			netif_carrier_on(net);
+	netif_carrier_on(net);
 
 	memcpy(net->dev_addr, device_info.mac_adr, ETH_ALEN);
 
-- 
1.6.3.2

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