netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: remove {revc,send}msg_copy

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Message-ID: <cb9b4e2c09131901a97c233ab2e18cb8970e09a3.camel@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:16:26 +0100
From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, "David S . Miller"
 <davem@...emloft.net>,  Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: remove {revc,send}msg_copy_msghdr() from exports

On Thu, 2024-03-14 at 11:46 +0100, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> On Tue, 2024-03-12 at 09:55 -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > The only user of these was io_uring, and it's not using them anymore.
> > Make them static and remove them from the socket header file.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
> ## Form letter - net-next-closed
> 
> The merge window for v6.9 has begun and we have already posted our pull
> request. Therefore net-next is closed for new drivers, features, code
> refactoring and optimizations. We are currently accepting bug fixes
> only.
> 
> Please repost when net-next reopens after March 25th.
> 
> RFC patches sent for review only are obviously welcome at any time.
> 
> See:
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/maintainer-netdev.html#development-cycle

Jakub noted that waiting another cycle just to do a very safe cleanup
would be a pity. I guess we can do a one-off exception here for good
reason.

Cheers,

Paolo