netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] wifi: iw_handler.h: Remove unused declaration dev_get_wireless

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Message-ID: <ZM3/+pY9Fovc5AC9@vergenet.net>
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2023 09:53:30 +0200
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Yue Haibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
Cc: johannes@...solutions.net, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, horms@...nel.org,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] wifi: iw_handler.h: Remove unused declaration
 dev_get_wireless_info()

On Fri, Aug 04, 2023 at 09:36:17PM +0800, Yue Haibing wrote:
> Commit 556829657397 ("[NL80211]: add netlink interface to cfg80211")
> declared but never implemented this, remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yue Haibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
> ---
> v2: fix comment
> ---
>  include/net/iw_handler.h | 11 ++---------
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/net/iw_handler.h b/include/net/iw_handler.h
> index d2ea5863eedc..b2cf243ebe44 100644
> --- a/include/net/iw_handler.h
> +++ b/include/net/iw_handler.h
> @@ -426,17 +426,10 @@ struct iw_public_data {
>  
>  /**************************** PROTOTYPES ****************************/
>  /*
> - * Functions part of the Wireless Extensions (defined in net/core/wireless.c).
> - * Those may be called only within the kernel.
> + * Functions part of the Wireless Extensions (defined in net/wireless/wext-core.c).

Can I confirm that the wireless.c -> wext-core.c change is intentional?
It doesn't seem strictly related to the patch description.

> + * Those may be called by driver modules.
>   */
>  
> -/* First : function strictly used inside the kernel */
> -
> -/* Handle /proc/net/wireless, called in net/code/dev.c */
> -int dev_get_wireless_info(char *buffer, char **start, off_t offset, int length);
> -
> -/* Second : functions that may be called by driver modules */
> -
>  /* Send a single event to user space */
>  void wireless_send_event(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int cmd,
>  			 union iwreq_data *wrqu, const char *extra);
> -- 
> 2.34.1
>