Pointer members of an object with static storage duration, if not explicitly initialized, will be initialized to a NULL pointer. The net namespace API checks if this pointer is not NULL before using it, it are safe to remove the function.
Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <lirongq...@baidu.com> --- net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 5 ----- 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c index 718a97d5f1fd..9a2cd648d9c6 100644 --- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c +++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c @@ -245,13 +245,8 @@ static __net_init int netlink_tap_init_net(struct net *net) return 0; } -static void __net_exit netlink_tap_exit_net(struct net *net) -{ -} - static struct pernet_operations netlink_tap_net_ops = { .init = netlink_tap_init_net, - .exit = netlink_tap_exit_net, .id = &netlink_tap_net_id, .size = sizeof(struct netlink_tap_net), }; -- 2.16.2