[v2,1/7] kobject_uevent: remove unneeded netlink_ns check

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-tagging.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-tagging.txt
index c7c8e6438958..51d28dd8b84f 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-tagging.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-tagging.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,5 @@  Users of this interface:
 - define a type in the kobj_ns_type enumeration.
 - call kobj_ns_type_register() with its kobj_ns_type_operations which has
   - current_ns() which returns current's namespace
-  - netlink_ns() which returns a socket's namespace
   - initial_ns() which returns the initial namesapce
 - call kobj_ns_exit() when an individual tag is no longer valid
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject_ns.h b/include/linux/kobject_ns.h
index 069aa2ebef90..991a9286bcea 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject_ns.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject_ns.h
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@  enum kobj_ns_type {
 /*
  * Callbacks so sysfs can determine namespaces
  *   @grab_current_ns: return a new reference to calling task's namespace
- *   @netlink_ns: return namespace to which a sock belongs (right?)
  *   @initial_ns: return the initial namespace (i.e. init_net_ns)
  *   @drop_ns: drops a reference to namespace
  */
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@  struct kobj_ns_type_operations {
 	enum kobj_ns_type type;
 	bool (*current_may_mount)(void);
 	void *(*grab_current_ns)(void);
-	const void *(*netlink_ns)(struct sock *sk);
 	const void *(*initial_ns)(void);
 	void (*drop_ns)(void *);
 };
@@ -52,7 +50,6 @@  const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *kobj_ns_ops(struct kobject *kobj);
 
 bool kobj_ns_current_may_mount(enum kobj_ns_type type);
 void *kobj_ns_grab_current(enum kobj_ns_type type);
-const void *kobj_ns_netlink(enum kobj_ns_type type, struct sock *sk);
 const void *kobj_ns_initial(enum kobj_ns_type type);
 void kobj_ns_drop(enum kobj_ns_type type, void *ns);
 
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 83198cb37d8d..6f07083cc111 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -1092,19 +1092,6 @@  void *kobj_ns_grab_current(enum kobj_ns_type type)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobj_ns_grab_current);
 
-const void *kobj_ns_netlink(enum kobj_ns_type type, struct sock *sk)
-{
-	const void *ns = NULL;
-
-	spin_lock(&kobj_ns_type_lock);
-	if ((type > KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NONE) && (type < KOBJ_NS_TYPES) &&
-	    kobj_ns_ops_tbl[type])
-		ns = kobj_ns_ops_tbl[type]->netlink_ns(sk);
-	spin_unlock(&kobj_ns_type_lock);
-
-	return ns;
-}
-
 const void *kobj_ns_initial(enum kobj_ns_type type)
 {
 	const void *ns = NULL;
diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index 7998affa45d4..a45b3eeaa2b9 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@  static int kobject_uevent_net_broadcast(struct kobject *kobj,
 	 * are the only tag relevant here since we want to decide which
 	 * network namespaces to broadcast the uevent into.
 	 */
-	if (ops && ops->netlink_ns && kobj->ktype->namespace)
+	if (ops && kobj->ktype->namespace)
 		if (ops->type == KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NET)
 			net = kobj->ktype->namespace(kobj);
 
diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index 4773ad6ec111..3fa35a3c843a 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -1694,16 +1694,10 @@  static const void *net_initial_ns(void)
 	return &init_net;
 }
 
-static const void *net_netlink_ns(struct sock *sk)
-{
-	return sock_net(sk);
-}
-
 const struct kobj_ns_type_operations net_ns_type_operations = {
 	.type = KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NET,
 	.current_may_mount = net_current_may_mount,
 	.grab_current_ns = net_grab_current_ns,
-	.netlink_ns = net_netlink_ns,
 	.initial_ns = net_initial_ns,
 	.drop_ns = net_drop_ns,
 };