netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] kobject_uevent: remove unneeded netlink

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Date:   Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:34:53 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Serge Hallyn <serge@...lyn.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@...onical.com>,
        David Rheinsberg <david.rheinsberg@...il.com>,
        Tom Gundersen <teg@...m.no>,
        Christian Kellner <ckellner@...hat.com>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Stéphane Graber <stgraber@...ntu.com>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Steve Barber <smbarber@...gle.com>,
        Dylan Reid <dgreid@...gle.com>,
        Filipe Brandenburger <filbranden@...il.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Benjamin Elder <bentheelder@...gle.com>,
        Akihiro Suda <suda.kyoto@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] kobject_uevent: remove unneeded netlink_ns check

On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 04:54:31PM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> Back when I rewrote large chunks of uevent sending I should have removed
> the .netlink_ns method completely after having removed it's last user in
> [1]. Let's remove it now and also remove the helper associated with it
> that is unused too.
> 
> Fixes: a3498436b3a0 ("netns: restrict uevents") /* No backport needed. */
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>

Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>