[PATCH] remove unused netlink NL_EMULATE_DEV code

[PATCH] remove unused netlink NL_EMULATE_DEV code

[Chris Wright]

Now that netlink_attach() has been removed, the NL_EMULATE_DEV handler
functions can't ever be set.  So let's rip them out too, because what's
left behind can't be used at all.

Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>

 net/netlink/af_netlink.c |   24 +-----------------------
 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 23 deletions(-)

===== net/netlink/af_netlink.c 1.71 vs edited =====
--- 1.71/net/netlink/af_netlink.c	2005-03-14 21:27:59 -08:00
+++ edited/net/netlink/af_netlink.c	2005-03-18 11:57:32 -08:00
@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@
 
 #define Nprintk(a...)
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV) || defined(CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV_MODULE)
-#define NL_EMULATE_DEV
-#endif
-
 struct netlink_sock {
 	/* struct sock has to be the first member of netlink_sock */
 	struct sock		sk;
@@ -67,7 +63,6 @@ struct netlink_sock {
 	u32			dst_pid;
 	unsigned int		dst_groups;
 	unsigned long		state;
-	int			(*handler)(int unit, struct sk_buff *skb);
 	wait_queue_head_t	wait;
 	struct netlink_callback	*cb;
 	spinlock_t		cb_lock;
@@ -593,10 +588,6 @@ int netlink_attachskb(struct sock *sk, s
 
 	nlk = nlk_sk(sk);
 
-#ifdef NL_EMULATE_DEV
-	if (nlk->handler)
-		return 0;
-#endif
 	if (atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc) > sk->sk_rcvbuf ||
 	    test_bit(0, &nlk->state)) {
 		DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
@@ -636,14 +627,6 @@ int netlink_sendskb(struct sock *sk, str
 	int len = skb->len;
 
 	nlk = nlk_sk(sk);
-#ifdef NL_EMULATE_DEV
-	if (nlk->handler) {
-		skb_orphan(skb);
-		len = nlk->handler(protocol, skb);
-		sock_put(sk);
-		return len;
-	}
-#endif
 
 	skb_queue_tail(&sk->sk_receive_queue, skb);
 	sk->sk_data_ready(sk, len);
@@ -708,12 +691,7 @@ retry:
 static __inline__ int netlink_broadcast_deliver(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct netlink_sock *nlk = nlk_sk(sk);
-#ifdef NL_EMULATE_DEV
-	if (nlk->handler) {
-		nlk->handler(sk->sk_protocol, skb);
-		return 0;
-	} else
-#endif
+
 	if (atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc) <= sk->sk_rcvbuf &&
 	    !test_bit(0, &nlk->state)) {
 		skb_set_owner_r(skb, sk);

Re: [PATCH] remove unused netlink NL_EMULATE_DEV code

[Max Krasnyansky]

Hi Chris,

Why don't you kill Ethertap completely while you're at it. Ethertap needs "Netlink device emulation"
stuff. And this whole thing has been marked OBSOLETE for more than two years now.
Most projects seem to have switched to TUN/TAP long time ago.

Max

Re: [PATCH] remove unused netlink NL_EMULATE_DEV code

[Chris Wright]

* Max Krasnyansky (maxk@qualcomm.com) wrote:
> Why don't you kill Ethertap completely while you're at it. Ethertap needs 
> "Netlink device emulation"
> stuff. And this whole thing has been marked OBSOLETE for more than two 
> years now.
> Most projects seem to have switched to TUN/TAP long time ago.

I'd prefer that too.  What about the netlink_dev implementation itself?
Should it be marked obsolete?

thanks,
-chris

Re: [PATCH] remove unused netlink NL_EMULATE_DEV code

[jamal]

1
On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 20:02, Chris Wright wrote:

> I'd prefer that too.  What about the netlink_dev implementation itself?
> Should it be marked obsolete?
> 

It should die - pieces of it have already been slowly disapearing.

cheers,
jamal

Re: [PATCH] remove unused netlink NL_EMULATE_DEV code

[Max Krasnyansky]

jamal wrote:
> 1
> On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 20:02, Chris Wright wrote:
> 
> 
>>I'd prefer that too.  What about the netlink_dev implementation itself?
>>Should it be marked obsolete?
>>
> 
> It should die - pieces of it have already been slowly disapearing.

Totally agree. Even for Ethertap it was easy to use Netlink sockets directly.

Max

Re: [PATCH] remove unused netlink NL_EMULATE_DEV code

[David S. Miller]

On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:26:11 -0800
Max Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com> wrote:

> jamal wrote:
> > 1
> > On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 20:02, Chris Wright wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>I'd prefer that too.  What about the netlink_dev implementation itself?
> >>Should it be marked obsolete?
> >>
> > 
> > It should die - pieces of it have already been slowly disapearing.
> 
> Totally agree. Even for Ethertap it was easy to use Netlink sockets directly.

I've applied Chris's original patch, then killed ethertap and
netlink_dev from my tree.

It's very telling that CONFIG_ETHERTAP was still marked EXPERIMENTAL
:-)

[PATCH] remove unused netlink NL_EMULATE_DEV code

[Chris Wright]

NL_EMULATE_DEV handler functions can't ever be set, so let's rip them
out too.  I realize the other half (netlink_attach()) just came out in
2.6.11-rc1, but what's left behind can't be used at all.

Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>

 af_netlink.c |   24 +-----------------------
 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 23 deletions(-)

===== net/netlink/af_netlink.c 1.69 vs edited =====
--- 1.69/net/netlink/af_netlink.c	2005-01-21 12:25:32 -08:00
+++ edited/net/netlink/af_netlink.c	2005-02-11 19:47:08 -08:00
@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@
 
 #define Nprintk(a...)
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV) || defined(CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV_MODULE)
-#define NL_EMULATE_DEV
-#endif
-
 struct netlink_opt
 {
 	u32			pid;
@@ -66,7 +62,6 @@ struct netlink_opt
 	u32			dst_pid;
 	unsigned int		dst_groups;
 	unsigned long		state;
-	int			(*handler)(int unit, struct sk_buff *skb);
 	wait_queue_head_t	wait;
 	struct netlink_callback	*cb;
 	spinlock_t		cb_lock;
@@ -596,10 +591,6 @@ int netlink_attachskb(struct sock *sk, s
 
 	nlk = nlk_sk(sk);
 
-#ifdef NL_EMULATE_DEV
-	if (nlk->handler)
-		return 0;
-#endif
 	if (atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc) > sk->sk_rcvbuf ||
 	    test_bit(0, &nlk->state)) {
 		DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
@@ -639,14 +630,6 @@ int netlink_sendskb(struct sock *sk, str
 	int len = skb->len;
 
 	nlk = nlk_sk(sk);
-#ifdef NL_EMULATE_DEV
-	if (nlk->handler) {
-		skb_orphan(skb);
-		len = nlk->handler(protocol, skb);
-		sock_put(sk);
-		return len;
-	}
-#endif
 
 	skb_queue_tail(&sk->sk_receive_queue, skb);
 	sk->sk_data_ready(sk, len);
@@ -711,12 +694,7 @@ retry:
 static __inline__ int netlink_broadcast_deliver(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct netlink_opt *nlk = nlk_sk(sk);
-#ifdef NL_EMULATE_DEV
-	if (nlk->handler) {
-		nlk->handler(sk->sk_protocol, skb);
-		return 0;
-	} else
-#endif
+
 	if (atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc) <= sk->sk_rcvbuf &&
 	    !test_bit(0, &nlk->state)) {
 		skb_set_owner_r(skb, sk);