netdev - [PATCH] [IPV6] remove unused parameter (struct sock parameter) from ip6_route

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Date:	Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:03:04 +0200
From:	"Rami Rosen" <ramirose@...il.com>
To:	"David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] [IPV6] remove unused parameter (struct sock parameter) from ip6_route_output()

Hi,
This patch removes the struct sock parameter from ip6_route_output();
looking at the ip6_route_output() implementation in net/ipv6/route.c
will show immediately that it is not used in this method.

In fact, icmp.c and ip6_output.c are the only places in the kernel
where the sk (struct sock) parameter passed to ip6_route_output() is not NULL;
anyhow, as explained above, this parameter is unused; changing
the ip6_route_output() prototype by omitting the struct sock parameter
does not break anything.

Regards,
Rami Rosen

Signed-off-by: Rami Rosen <ramirose@...il.com>

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