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net: netpoll: remove unused netpoll pointer from netpoll_info
authorBreno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Thu, 18 Sep 2025 12:25:57 +0000 (05:25 -0700)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Sat, 20 Sep 2025 00:50:59 +0000 (17:50 -0700)
commitb34df17d588de926212527a2f2ce72bc4e330260
tree6069482370351f6bea54b165b3493eb54cb5b8af
parent4d3c5db44cfd121ed3d930deea91c230e2db3bae
net: netpoll: remove unused netpoll pointer from netpoll_info

The netpoll_info structure contains an useless pointer back to its
associated netpoll. This field is never used, and the assignment in
__netpoll_setup() is does not comtemplate multiple instances, as
reported by Jay[1].

Drop both the member and its initialization to simplify the structure.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/2930648.1757463506@famine/
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250918-netpoll_jv-v1-1-67d50eeb2c26@debian.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
include/linux/netpoll.h
net/core/netpoll.c