This is checked inconsistently, only in contexts following directly from
the module init, and returns an error to userspace/ignores the condition
entirely, rather than yielding remotely-useful diagnostics.
This is cruft, and we have better debugging tooling nowadays: kill it.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/[email protected]/
Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Ahelenia Ziemiańska <[email protected]>
---
Documentation/process/magic-number.rst | 1 -
Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/magic-number.rst | 1 -
Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/magic-number.rst | 1 -
Documentation/translations/zh_TW/process/magic-number.rst | 1 -
drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c | 8 +-------
5 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/process/magic-number.rst b/Documentation/process/magic-number.rst
index 87353e0207c1..a4414b7e15aa 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/magic-number.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/magic-number.rst
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ MGSLPC_MAGIC 0x5402 mgslpc_info ``drivers/char/p
HDLCDRV_MAGIC 0x5ac6e778 hdlcdrv_state ``include/linux/hdlcdrv.h``
KV_MAGIC 0x5f4b565f kernel_vars_s ``arch/mips/include/asm/sn/klkernvars.h``
CODA_MAGIC 0xC0DAC0DA coda_file_info ``fs/coda/coda_fs_i.h``
-YAM_MAGIC 0xF10A7654 yam_port ``drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c``
CCB_MAGIC 0xf2691ad2 ccb ``drivers/scsi/ncr53c8xx.c``
QUEUE_MAGIC_FREE 0xf7e1c9a3 queue_entry ``drivers/scsi/arm/queue.c``
QUEUE_MAGIC_USED 0xf7e1cc33 queue_entry ``drivers/scsi/arm/queue.c``
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/magic-number.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/magic-number.rst
index a96712bd8a68..f51c5ef9d93f 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/magic-number.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/magic-number.rst
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ MGSLPC_MAGIC 0x5402 mgslpc_info ``drivers/char/p
HDLCDRV_MAGIC 0x5ac6e778 hdlcdrv_state ``include/linux/hdlcdrv.h``
KV_MAGIC 0x5f4b565f kernel_vars_s ``arch/mips/include/asm/sn/klkernvars.h``
CODA_MAGIC 0xC0DAC0DA coda_file_info ``fs/coda/coda_fs_i.h``
-YAM_MAGIC 0xF10A7654 yam_port ``drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c``
CCB_MAGIC 0xf2691ad2 ccb ``drivers/scsi/ncr53c8xx.c``
QUEUE_MAGIC_FREE 0xf7e1c9a3 queue_entry ``drivers/scsi/arm/queue.c``
QUEUE_MAGIC_USED 0xf7e1cc33 queue_entry ``drivers/scsi/arm/queue.c``
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/magic-number.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/magic-number.rst
index 44f3a29fce57..3b53bd67e41b 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/magic-number.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/magic-number.rst
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ MGSLPC_MAGIC 0x5402 mgslpc_info ``drivers/char/p
HDLCDRV_MAGIC 0x5ac6e778 hdlcdrv_state ``include/linux/hdlcdrv.h``
KV_MAGIC 0x5f4b565f kernel_vars_s ``arch/mips/include/asm/sn/klkernvars.h``
CODA_MAGIC 0xC0DAC0DA coda_file_info ``fs/coda/coda_fs_i.h``
-YAM_MAGIC 0xF10A7654 yam_port ``drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c``
CCB_MAGIC 0xf2691ad2 ccb ``drivers/scsi/ncr53c8xx.c``
QUEUE_MAGIC_FREE 0xf7e1c9a3 queue_entry ``drivers/scsi/arm/queue.c``
QUEUE_MAGIC_USED 0xf7e1cc33 queue_entry ``drivers/scsi/arm/queue.c``
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/process/magic-number.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/process/magic-number.rst
index 0fde3183e82a..7d176a87ec3c 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/process/magic-number.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/process/magic-number.rst
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ MGSLPC_MAGIC 0x5402 mgslpc_info ``drivers/char/p
HDLCDRV_MAGIC 0x5ac6e778 hdlcdrv_state ``include/linux/hdlcdrv.h``
KV_MAGIC 0x5f4b565f kernel_vars_s ``arch/mips/include/asm/sn/klkernvars.h``
CODA_MAGIC 0xC0DAC0DA coda_file_info ``fs/coda/coda_fs_i.h``
-YAM_MAGIC 0xF10A7654 yam_port ``drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c``
CCB_MAGIC 0xf2691ad2 ccb ``drivers/scsi/ncr53c8xx.c``
QUEUE_MAGIC_FREE 0xf7e1c9a3 queue_entry ``drivers/scsi/arm/queue.c``
QUEUE_MAGIC_USED 0xf7e1cc33 queue_entry ``drivers/scsi/arm/queue.c``
diff --git a/drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c b/drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c
index 2ed2f836f09a..0f43411a6ca5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ static const char yam_drvinfo[] __initconst = KERN_INFO \
#define YAM_1200 2
#define NR_PORTS 4
-#define YAM_MAGIC 0xF10A7654
/* Transmitter states */
@@ -94,7 +93,6 @@ static const char yam_drvinfo[] __initconst = KERN_INFO \
#define DEFAULT_PERS 64 /* 0->255 */
struct yam_port {
- int magic;
int bitrate;
int baudrate;
int iobase;
@@ -604,7 +602,7 @@ static void yam_arbitrate(struct net_device *dev)
{
struct yam_port *yp = netdev_priv(dev);
- if (yp->magic != YAM_MAGIC || yp->tx_state != TX_OFF ||
+ if (yp->tx_state != TX_OFF ||
skb_queue_empty(&yp->send_queue))
return;
/* tx_state is TX_OFF and there is data to send */
@@ -930,9 +928,6 @@ static int yam_siocdevprivate(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, void __
if (copy_from_user(&ioctl_cmd, data, sizeof(int)))
return -EFAULT;
- if (yp->magic != YAM_MAGIC)
- return -EINVAL;
-
if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
return -EPERM;
@@ -1079,7 +1074,6 @@ static void yam_setup(struct net_device *dev)
{
struct yam_port *yp = netdev_priv(dev);
- yp->magic = YAM_MAGIC;
yp->bitrate = DEFAULT_BITRATE;
yp->baudrate = DEFAULT_BITRATE * 2;
yp->iobase = 0;
--
2.30.2