Subject: [PATCH net-next v7 08/11] rtnetlink: Remove "net" from newlink params

From: Xiao Liang <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2025 20:57:29 +0800

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 <[email-masked]>
---
 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 ed970b4568d1..04fc0e91af42 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
@@ -82,7 +81,6 @@ static inline int rtnl_msg_family(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
  *	@extack: Netlink extended ACK
  */
 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 f902b8a5189f..a2246bbaf2bc 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -3758,7 +3758,6 @@ 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,
@@ -3787,11 +3786,6 @@ static int rtnl_newlink_create(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ifinfomsg *ifm,
 	dev->ifindex = ifm->ifi_index;
 	params.dev = dev;
 
-	if (link_net)
-		params.net = link_net;
-	if (peer_net)
-		params.net = peer_net;
-
 	if (ops->newlink)
 		err = ops->newlink(&params);
 	else
-- 
2.47.1