From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
linux-wpan@vger.kernel.org,
Michael Hennerich <michael.hennerich@analog.com>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Rodolfo Zitellini <rwz@xhero.org>,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/10] appletalk: make localtalk and ppp support conditional
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 15:46:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZSf4oCBXZGi2BfqC@nanopsycho> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <82527b7f-4509-4a59-a9cf-2df47e6e1a7c@app.fastmail.com>
Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 05:57:38PM CEST, arnd@arndb.de wrote:
>On Wed, Oct 11, 2023, at 17:04, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> Could you provide a cover letter for the set please?
>
>Subject: [PATCH v2 00/10] remove final .ndo_do_ioctl references
>
>The .ndo_do_ioctl() netdev operation used to be how one communicates
>with a network driver from userspace, but since my previous cleanup [1],
>it is purely internal to the kernel.
>
>Removing the cops appletalk/localtalk driver made me revisit the
>missing pieces from that older series, removing all the unused
>implementations in wireless drivers as well as the two kernel-internal
>callers in the ieee802154 and appletalk stacks.
>
>One ethernet driver was already merged in the meantime that should
>have used .ndo_eth_ioctl instead of .ndo_do_ioctl, so fix that as well.
>With the complete removal, any future drivers making this mistake
>cause build failures that are easier to spot.
Looks fine.
>
>[1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20201106221743.3271965-1-arnd@kernel.org/
>
>----
>Hope that helps, I had commented on the cops removal about sending
>this but of course not everyone here saw that. Let me know if I should
>resend the patches together with the cover letter.
Yes please. Thanks!
>
> Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-10-12 13:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-10-11 14:02 [PATCH v2 01/10] appletalk: make localtalk and ppp support conditional Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-11 14:02 ` [PATCH v2 02/10] ieee802154: avoid deprecated .ndo_do_ioctl callback Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-11 14:02 ` [PATCH v2 03/10] ethernet: sp7021: fix ioctl callback pointer Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-11 14:02 ` [PATCH v2 04/10] staging: ks7010: remove unused ioctl handler Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-11 14:02 ` [PATCH v2 05/10] staging: rtl8192: remove unused legacy ioctl handlers Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-11 14:02 ` [PATCH v2 06/10] staging: rtl8712: " Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-11 14:02 ` [PATCH v2 07/10] staging: rtl8723bs: remove dead code Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-11 14:02 ` [PATCH v2 08/10] wifi: atmel: remove unused ioctl function Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-14 6:42 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-11 14:02 ` [PATCH v2 09/10] wifi: hostap: " Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-11 14:02 ` [PATCH v2 10/10] net: remove ndo_do_ioctl handler Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-11 15:04 ` [PATCH v2 01/10] appletalk: make localtalk and ppp support conditional Jiri Pirko
2023-10-11 15:57 ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-12 13:46 ` Jiri Pirko [this message]
2023-10-14 0:07 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-10-14 5:00 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-18 0:22 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-10-18 0:22 ` Jakub Kicinski
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