Re: [PATCH net-next] hippi: Remove unused hippi_neigh_setup_dev

["Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@treblig.org>]

* Simon Horman (horms@kernel.org) wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 15, 2024 at 02:26:18AM +0000, linux@treblig.org wrote:
> > From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@treblig.org>
> > 
> > hippi_neigh_setup_dev() has been unused since
> > commit e3804cbebb67 ("net: remove COMPAT_NET_DEV_OPS")
> > 
> > Remove it.
> > 
> > (I'm a little suspicious it's the only setup call removed
> > by that previous commit?)
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <linux@treblig.org>
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> There is a dangling comment referring to hippi_neigh_setup_dev
> in hippi_setup().
> 
> 	/*
> 	 * HIPPI doesn't support broadcast+multicast and we only use
> 	 * static ARP tables. ARP is disabled by hippi_neigh_setup_dev.
> 	 */
> 
> Could you fix that up too?

I saw that, and it raised the suspicion that I mentioned in the
commit message; is that code relying on the uncalled, removed
function to disable ARPs?

Dave

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