linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next] socket: Remove unused kernel_sendmsg

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Message-ID: <20250112131318.63753-1-linux@treblig.org>
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2025 13:13:18 +0000
From: linux@...blig.org
To: davem@...emloft.net,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com,
	horms@...nel.org
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] socket: Remove unused kernel_sendmsg_locked

From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>

The last use of kernel_sendmsg_locked() was removed in 2023 by
commit dc97391e6610 ("sock: Remove ->sendpage*() in favour of
sendmsg(MSG_SPLICE_PAGES)")

Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <linux@...blig.org>
---
 include/linux/net.h |  2 --
 net/socket.c        | 28 ----------------------------
 2 files changed, 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/net.h b/include/linux/net.h
index b75bc534c1b3..0ff950eecc6b 100644
--- a/include/linux/net.h
+++ b/include/linux/net.h
@@ -343,8 +343,6 @@ static inline bool sendpages_ok(struct page *page, size_t len, size_t offset)
 
 int kernel_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, struct kvec *vec,
 		   size_t num, size_t len);
-int kernel_sendmsg_locked(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
-			  struct kvec *vec, size_t num, size_t len);
 int kernel_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, struct kvec *vec,
 		   size_t num, size_t len, int flags);
 
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 9a117248f18f..430b38ed0cb9 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -774,34 +774,6 @@ int kernel_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_sendmsg);
 
-/**
- *	kernel_sendmsg_locked - send a message through @sock (kernel-space)
- *	@sk: sock
- *	@msg: message header
- *	@vec: output s/g array
- *	@num: output s/g array length
- *	@size: total message data size
- *
- *	Builds the message data with @vec and sends it through @sock.
- *	Returns the number of bytes sent, or an error code.
- *	Caller must hold @sk.
- */
-
-int kernel_sendmsg_locked(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
-			  struct kvec *vec, size_t num, size_t size)
-{
-	struct socket *sock = sk->sk_socket;
-	const struct proto_ops *ops = READ_ONCE(sock->ops);
-
-	if (!ops->sendmsg_locked)
-		return sock_no_sendmsg_locked(sk, msg, size);
-
-	iov_iter_kvec(&msg->msg_iter, ITER_SOURCE, vec, num, size);
-
-	return ops->sendmsg_locked(sk, msg, msg_data_left(msg));
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_sendmsg_locked);
-
 static bool skb_is_err_queue(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	/* pkt_type of skbs enqueued on the error queue are set to
-- 
2.47.1