linux-kernel - [PATCH 10/10] net: remove ndo_do

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Date:   Mon,  9 Oct 2023 16:19:08 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        linux-wpan@...r.kernel.org,
        Michael Hennerich <michael.hennerich@...log.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Doug Brown <doug@...morgal.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: [PATCH 10/10] net: remove ndo_do_ioctl handler

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

All of the references to the callback pointer are gone, so remove the
pointer itself before we grow new references to it.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
---
 Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst | 8 --------
 include/linux/netdevice.h               | 7 -------
 2 files changed, 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst
index 9e4cccb90b870..6f9b71c5d37b8 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst
@@ -218,14 +218,6 @@ ndo_stop:
 	Context: process
 	Note: netif_running() is guaranteed false
 
-ndo_do_ioctl:
-	Synchronization: rtnl_lock() semaphore.
-	Context: process
-
-        This is only called by network subsystems internally,
-        not by user space calling ioctl as it was in before
-        linux-5.14.
-
 ndo_siocbond:
         Synchronization: rtnl_lock() semaphore.
         Context: process
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index e070a4540fbaf..8d1cc8f195cb6 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1121,11 +1121,6 @@ struct netdev_net_notifier {
  * int (*ndo_validate_addr)(struct net_device *dev);
  *	Test if Media Access Control address is valid for the device.
  *
- * int (*ndo_do_ioctl)(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd);
- *	Old-style ioctl entry point. This is used internally by the
- *	appletalk and ieee802154 subsystems but is no longer called by
- *	the device ioctl handler.
- *
  * int (*ndo_siocbond)(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd);
  *	Used by the bonding driver for its device specific ioctls:
  *	SIOCBONDENSLAVE, SIOCBONDRELEASE, SIOCBONDSETHWADDR, SIOCBONDCHANGEACTIVE,
@@ -1429,8 +1424,6 @@ struct net_device_ops {
 	int			(*ndo_set_mac_address)(struct net_device *dev,
 						       void *addr);
 	int			(*ndo_validate_addr)(struct net_device *dev);
-	int			(*ndo_do_ioctl)(struct net_device *dev,
-					        struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd);
 	int			(*ndo_eth_ioctl)(struct net_device *dev,
 						 struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd);
 	int			(*ndo_siocbond)(struct net_device *dev,
-- 
2.39.2