[PATCH net-next v8 08/11] rtnetlink: Remove "net" from newlink params

Xiao Liang
2025-01-13T14:38:48Z

Now that devices have been converted to use the specific netns instead
of ambiguous "net", let's remove it from newlink parameters.

Signed-off-by: Xiao Liang <shaw.leon@gmail.com>
---
include/net/rtnetlink.h | 2 --
net/core/rtnetlink.c | 6 ------
2 files changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/rtnetlink.h b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
index 00c086ca0c11..dd51240431b8 100644
--- a/include/net/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ static inline int rtnl_msg_family(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
/**
* struct rtnl_newlink_params - parameters of rtnl_link_ops::newlink()
*
- * @net: Netns of interest
* @src_net: Source netns of rtnetlink socket
* @link_net: Link netns by IFLA_LINK_NETNSID, NULL if not specified
* @peer_net: Peer netns
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@ static inline int rtnl_msg_family(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
* @data: IFLA_INFO_DATA attributes
*/
struct rtnl_newlink_params {
- struct net *net;
struct net *src_net;
struct net *link_net;
struct net *peer_net;
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 7ff5e96f6ba7..cce5bcd1f257 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -3767,7 +3767,6 @@ static int rtnl_newlink_create(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ifinfomsg *ifm,
char ifname[IFNAMSIZ];
int err;
struct rtnl_newlink_params params = {
- .net = net,
.src_net = net,
.link_net = link_net,
.peer_net = peer_net,
@@ -3794,11 +3793,6 @@ static int rtnl_newlink_create(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ifinfomsg *ifm,

dev->ifindex = ifm->ifi_index;

- if (link_net)
- params.net = link_net;
- if (peer_net)
- params.net = peer_net;
-
if (ops->newlink)
err = ops->newlink(dev, &params, extack);
else
--
2.47.1