Re: [patch 05/13] remove last_rx update from loopback device

[Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>]

Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > -   dev->last_rx = jiffies;
> > -
> >     lb_stats = &per_cpu(loopback_stats, get_cpu());
> >     lb_stats->rx_bytes += skb->len;
> >     lb_stats->tx_bytes += skb->len;
> 
> I disagree.  loopback.c is doing precisely what it should be doing.

Nothing actually seems to use last_rx?