tipc: Remove bearer flag indicating existence of broadcast address

Eliminates the flag in the TIPC bearer structure that indicates if
the bearer supports broadcasting, since the flag is always set to 1
and serves no useful purpose.

Signed-off-by: Allan Stephens <Allan.Stephens@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>

diff --git a/net/tipc/bearer.c b/net/tipc/bearer.c
index c9b5268461a6210255299d3a7c53ecc3e2fa0223..411719feb80391284d6d6f2438a9ec70dab91ee5 100644 (file)
--- a/net/tipc/bearer.c
+++ b/net/tipc/bearer.c
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ int  tipc_register_media(u32 media_type,
        m_ptr->disable_bearer = disable;
        m_ptr->addr2str = addr2str;
        memcpy(&m_ptr->bcast_addr, bcast_addr, sizeof(*bcast_addr));
-       m_ptr->bcast = 1;
        strcpy(m_ptr->name, name);
        m_ptr->priority = bearer_priority;
        m_ptr->tolerance = link_tolerance;
@@ -563,10 +562,8 @@ restart:
        b_ptr->priority = priority;
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&b_ptr->cong_links);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&b_ptr->links);
-       if (m_ptr->bcast) {
-               b_ptr->link_req = tipc_disc_init_link_req(b_ptr, &m_ptr->bcast_addr,
-                                                         disc_domain);
-       }
+       b_ptr->link_req = tipc_disc_init_link_req(b_ptr, &m_ptr->bcast_addr,
+                                                 disc_domain);
        spin_lock_init(&b_ptr->lock);
        write_unlock_bh(&tipc_net_lock);
        info("Enabled bearer <%s>, discovery domain %s, priority %u\n",

diff --git a/net/tipc/bearer.h b/net/tipc/bearer.h
index 305b378d0e144c3a399517592c439c366ced4a24..31d6172b20fd3988718a048b1619751c14ba1420 100644 (file)
--- a/net/tipc/bearer.h
+++ b/net/tipc/bearer.h
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ struct tipc_bearer;
  * @disable_bearer: routine which disables a bearer
  * @addr2str: routine which converts bearer's address to string form
  * @bcast_addr: media address used in broadcasting
- * @bcast: non-zero if media supports broadcasting [currently mandatory]
  * @priority: default link (and bearer) priority
  * @tolerance: default time (in ms) before declaring link failure
  * @window: default window (in packets) before declaring link congestion
@@ -87,7 +86,6 @@ struct media {
        char *(*addr2str)(struct tipc_media_addr *a,
                          char *str_buf, int str_size);
        struct tipc_media_addr bcast_addr;
-       int bcast;
        u32 priority;
        u32 tolerance;
        u32 window;