[PATCH] net: bonding: bond_alb: Remove the dependency on ipx network layer

[PATCH] net: bonding: bond_alb: Remove the dependency on ipx network layer

[Cai Huoqing]

commit <47595e32869f> ("<MAINTAINERS: Mark some staging directories>")
indicated the ipx network layer as obsolete in Jan 2018,
updated in the MAINTAINERS file

now, after being exposed for 3 years to refactoring,
so to delete the ipx net layer related code for good.

Signed-off-by: Cai Huoqing <caihuoqing@baidu.com>
---
 drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c | 32 --------------------------------
 1 file changed, 32 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
index 22e5632089ac..7d3752cbf761 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include <linux/if_bonding.h>
 #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
 #include <linux/in.h>
-#include <net/ipx.h>
 #include <net/arp.h>
 #include <net/ipv6.h>
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
@@ -1351,8 +1350,6 @@ struct slave *bond_xmit_tlb_slave_get(struct bonding *bond,
 	if (!is_multicast_ether_addr(eth_data->h_dest)) {
 		switch (skb->protocol) {
 		case htons(ETH_P_IP):
-		case htons(ETH_P_IPX):
-		    /* In case of IPX, it will falback to L2 hash */
 		case htons(ETH_P_IPV6):
 			hash_index = bond_xmit_hash(bond, skb);
 			if (bond->params.tlb_dynamic_lb) {
@@ -1454,35 +1451,6 @@ struct slave *bond_xmit_alb_slave_get(struct bonding *bond,
 		hash_size = sizeof(ip6hdr->daddr);
 		break;
 	}
-	case ETH_P_IPX: {
-		const struct ipxhdr *ipxhdr;
-
-		if (pskb_network_may_pull(skb, sizeof(*ipxhdr))) {
-			do_tx_balance = false;
-			break;
-		}
-		ipxhdr = (struct ipxhdr *)skb_network_header(skb);
-
-		if (ipxhdr->ipx_checksum != IPX_NO_CHECKSUM) {
-			/* something is wrong with this packet */
-			do_tx_balance = false;
-			break;
-		}
-
-		if (ipxhdr->ipx_type != IPX_TYPE_NCP) {
-			/* The only protocol worth balancing in
-			 * this family since it has an "ARP" like
-			 * mechanism
-			 */
-			do_tx_balance = false;
-			break;
-		}
-
-		eth_data = eth_hdr(skb);
-		hash_start = (char *)eth_data->h_dest;
-		hash_size = ETH_ALEN;
-		break;
-	}
 	case ETH_P_ARP:
 		do_tx_balance = false;
 		if (bond_info->rlb_enabled)
-- 
2.25.1

Re: [PATCH] net: bonding: bond_alb: Remove the dependency on ipx network layer

[patchwork-bot+netdevbpf]

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (refs/heads/master):

On Sat, 7 Aug 2021 13:43:36 +0800 you wrote:
> commit <47595e32869f> ("<MAINTAINERS: Mark some staging directories>")
> indicated the ipx network layer as obsolete in Jan 2018,
> updated in the MAINTAINERS file
> 
> now, after being exposed for 3 years to refactoring,
> so to delete the ipx net layer related code for good.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - net: bonding: bond_alb: Remove the dependency on ipx network layer
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/f9be84db09d2

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