netdev - [patch net-next 09/10] net: genetlink: remove unused genl_family

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Date:   Sat,  5 Oct 2019 20:04:41 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com,
        alex.aring@...il.com, stefan@...enfreihafen.org,
        jon.maloy@...csson.com, ying.xue@...driver.com,
        johannes.berg@...el.com, mkubecek@...e.cz, yuehaibing@...wei.com,
        mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: [patch net-next 09/10] net: genetlink: remove unused genl_family_attrbuf()

From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>

genl_family_attrbuf() function is no longer used by anyone, so remove it.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
---
 include/net/genetlink.h |  2 --
 net/netlink/genetlink.c | 19 -------------------
 2 files changed, 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h
index 922dcc9348b1..74950663bb00 100644
--- a/include/net/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ struct genl_family {
 	struct module		*module;
 };
 
-struct nlattr **genl_family_attrbuf(const struct genl_family *family);
-
 /**
  * struct genl_info - receiving information
  * @snd_seq: sending sequence number
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index 8059118ee5a1..1b5046436765 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -1164,25 +1164,6 @@ static int __init genl_init(void)
 
 subsys_initcall(genl_init);
 
-/**
- * genl_family_attrbuf - return family's attrbuf
- * @family: the family
- *
- * Return the family's attrbuf, while validating that it's
- * actually valid to access it.
- *
- * You cannot use this function with a family that has parallel_ops
- * and you can only use it within (pre/post) doit/dumpit callbacks.
- */
-struct nlattr **genl_family_attrbuf(const struct genl_family *family)
-{
-	if (!WARN_ON(family->parallel_ops))
-		lockdep_assert_held(&genl_mutex);
-
-	return family->attrbuf;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(genl_family_attrbuf);
-
 static int genlmsg_mcast(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, unsigned long group,
 			 gfp_t flags)
 {
-- 
2.21.0