Re: [PATCH RESEND 1/2] ixgb:Remove reducant error path after call to ixgb_sw_init in the function ixgb_probe

From: Jeff Kirsher
Date: Wed Oct 14 2015 - 21:23:21 EST


On Wed, 2015-10-14 at 18:57 -0400, Nicholas Krause wrote:
> This removes the reducant error path and now no longer used goto
> label err_sw_init after the call to ixgb_probe in the function
> ixgb_sw_init after calling this function due to it always returning
> zero as it is guarantee to run successfully without any issues.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgb/ixgb_main.c | 5 +----
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

This driver (ixgb), as well as e100 and e1000 are in maintenance mode
which means bug fixes ONLY!

Is this patch necessary? Answer: No
Is this a bug fix? Answer: No
Should you have sent this patch? See answers to previous questions.

Please ask these questions to yourself when putting together a patch
against these drivers (listed above).

With that said, dropping this series.

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