linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next v8 08/11] rtnetlink: Remove "net" from newlink params

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Message-ID: <20250113143719.7948-9-shaw.leon@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 22:37:16 +0800
From: Xiao Liang <shaw.leon@...il.com>
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Subject: [PATCH net-next v8 08/11] rtnetlink: Remove "net" from newlink params

Now that devices have been converted to use the specific netns instead
of ambiguous "net", let's remove it from newlink parameters.

Signed-off-by: Xiao Liang <shaw.leon@...il.com>
---
 include/net/rtnetlink.h | 2 --
 net/core/rtnetlink.c    | 6 ------
 2 files changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/rtnetlink.h b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
index 00c086ca0c11..dd51240431b8 100644
--- a/include/net/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ static inline int rtnl_msg_family(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 /**
  *	struct rtnl_newlink_params - parameters of rtnl_link_ops::newlink()
  *
- *	@net: Netns of interest
  *	@src_net: Source netns of rtnetlink socket
  *	@link_net: Link netns by IFLA_LINK_NETNSID, NULL if not specified
  *	@peer_net: Peer netns
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@ static inline int rtnl_msg_family(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
  *	@data: IFLA_INFO_DATA attributes
  */
 struct rtnl_newlink_params {
-	struct net *net;
 	struct net *src_net;
 	struct net *link_net;
 	struct net *peer_net;
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 7ff5e96f6ba7..cce5bcd1f257 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -3767,7 +3767,6 @@ static int rtnl_newlink_create(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ifinfomsg *ifm,
 	char ifname[IFNAMSIZ];
 	int err;
 	struct rtnl_newlink_params params = {
-		.net = net,
 		.src_net = net,
 		.link_net = link_net,
 		.peer_net = peer_net,
@@ -3794,11 +3793,6 @@ static int rtnl_newlink_create(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ifinfomsg *ifm,
 
 	dev->ifindex = ifm->ifi_index;
 
-	if (link_net)
-		params.net = link_net;
-	if (peer_net)
-		params.net = peer_net;
-
 	if (ops->newlink)
 		err = ops->newlink(dev, &params, extack);
 	else
-- 
2.47.1