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    scsi_netlink: Remove dead and buggy code · 8289bab1
    Eric W. Biederman authored
    
    
    The scsi netlink code confuses the netlink port id with a process id,
    going so far as to read NETLINK_CREDS(skb)->pid instead of the correct
    NETLINK_CB(skb).pid.  Fortunately it does not matter because nothing
    registers to respond to scsi netlink requests.
    
    The only interesting use of the scsi_netlink interface is
    fc_host_post_vendor_event which sends a netlink multicast message.
    
    Since nothing registers to handle scsi netlink messages kill all of the
    registration logic, while retaining the same error handling behavior
    preserving the userspace visible behavior and removing all of the
    confused code that thought a netlink port id was a process id.
    
    This was tested with a kernel allyesconfig build which had no problems.
    
    Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@parallels.com>
    Cc: James Smart <James.Smart@Emulex.Com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatar"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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