tipc: remove unused 'blocked' flag from tipc_link struct
authorYing Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com>
Wed, 11 Dec 2013 04:45:44 +0000 (20:45 -0800)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Wed, 11 Dec 2013 05:17:43 +0000 (00:17 -0500)
commit77a7e07a78a44d6c015fa8447ab84bcdb360e35d
treee260a6a80b68dc854662630fecd3b37ec28a54d7
parente4d050cbf7720d8bcc781f4ef557d37ed148a5c4
tipc: remove unused 'blocked' flag from tipc_link struct

In early versions of TIPC it was possible to administratively block
individual links through the use of the member flag 'blocked'. This
functionality was deemed redundant, and since commit 7368dd ("tipc:
clean out all instances of #if 0'd unused code"), this flag has been
unused.

In the current code, a link only needs to be blocked for sending and
reception if it is subject to an ongoing link failover. In that case,
it is sufficient to check if the number of expected failover packets
is non-zero, something which is done via the funtion 'link_blocked()'.

This commit finally removes the redundant 'blocked' flag completely.

Signed-off-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com>
Reviewed-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/tipc/link.c
net/tipc/link.h