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 b22a106621fb..ec65a8cebb99 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 9ebbde0d131c..e980481bdd28 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -3798,12 +3798,6 @@ static int rtnl_newlink_create(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ifinfomsg *ifm,
 
 	dev->ifindex = ifm->ifi_index;
 
-	params.net = params.src_net;
-	if (link_net)
-		params.net = link_net;
-	if (peer_net)
-		params.net = peer_net;
-
 	if (ops->newlink)
 		err = ops->newlink(dev, &params, extack);
 	else
-- 
2.48.1

From: Xiao Liang <shaw.leon@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:36 +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 <shaw.leon@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@amazon.com>