The sysfs code in batman-adv was could create a new batadv interfaces on
demand when a string (interface name) was written to the
batman-adv/mesh_iface file. But the code no longer exists in the current
batman-adv codebase. The helper code to implement this behavior must be
considered as unused and can be dropped.
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven(a)narfation.org>
---
net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c | 12 ++----------
net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c | 34 +--------------------------------
net/batman-adv/soft-interface.h | 2 --
3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c b/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
index 4a6a25d5..9a78789b 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
@@ -725,17 +725,9 @@ int batadv_hardif_enable_interface(struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface,
kref_get(&hard_iface->refcount);
soft_iface = dev_get_by_name(net, iface_name);
-
if (!soft_iface) {
- soft_iface = batadv_softif_create(net, iface_name);
-
- if (!soft_iface) {
- ret = -ENOMEM;
- goto err;
- }
-
- /* dev_get_by_name() increases the reference counter for us */
- dev_hold(soft_iface);
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto err;
}
if (!batadv_softif_is_valid(soft_iface)) {
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
index a21884c0..0c5b3425 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
#include <linux/netdevice.h>
#include <linux/netlink.h>
#include <linux/percpu.h>
-#include <linux/printk.h>
#include <linux/random.h>
#include <linux/rculist.h>
#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
@@ -37,6 +36,7 @@
#include <linux/stddef.h>
#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <net/net_namespace.h>
#include <net/netlink.h>
#include <uapi/linux/batadv_packet.h>
#include <uapi/linux/batman_adv.h>
@@ -1086,38 +1086,6 @@ static int batadv_softif_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
return register_netdevice(dev);
}
-/**
- * batadv_softif_create() - Create and register soft interface
- * @net: the applicable net namespace
- * @name: name of the new soft interface
- *
- * Return: newly allocated soft_interface, NULL on errors
- */
-struct net_device *batadv_softif_create(struct net *net, const char *name)
-{
- struct net_device *soft_iface;
- int ret;
-
- soft_iface = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct batadv_priv), name,
- NET_NAME_UNKNOWN, batadv_softif_init_early);
- if (!soft_iface)
- return NULL;
-
- dev_net_set(soft_iface, net);
-
- soft_iface->rtnl_link_ops = &batadv_link_ops;
-
- ret = register_netdevice(soft_iface);
- if (ret < 0) {
- pr_err("Unable to register the batman interface '%s': %i\n",
- name, ret);
- free_netdev(soft_iface);
- return NULL;
- }
-
- return soft_iface;
-}
-
/**
* batadv_softif_destroy_netlink() - deletion of batadv_soft_interface via
* netlink
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.h b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.h
index 38b0ad18..67a2ddd6 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.h
@@ -12,14 +12,12 @@
#include <linux/netdevice.h>
#include <linux/skbuff.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
-#include <net/net_namespace.h>
#include <net/rtnetlink.h>
int batadv_skb_head_push(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len);
void batadv_interface_rx(struct net_device *soft_iface,
struct sk_buff *skb, int hdr_size,
struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node);
-struct net_device *batadv_softif_create(struct net *net, const char *name);
bool batadv_softif_is_valid(const struct net_device *net_dev);
extern struct rtnl_link_ops batadv_link_ops;
int batadv_softif_create_vlan(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, unsigned short vid);
--
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