ethtool: do not print warning for applications using legacy API

In kernel log ths message appears on every boot:
 "warning: `NetworkChangeNo' uses legacy ethtool link settings API,
  link modes are only partially reported"

When ethtool link settings API changed, it started complaining about
usages of old API. Ironically, the original patch was from google but
the application using the legacy API is chrome.

Linux ABI is fixed as much as possible. The kernel must not break it
and should not complain about applications using legacy API's.
This patch just removes the warning since using legacy API's
in Linux is perfectly acceptable.

Fixes: 3f1ac7a700d0 ("net: ethtool: add new ETHTOOL_xLINKSETTINGS API")
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Signed-off-by: David Decotigny <decot@googlers.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index f8fcf450a36e604fe4c91dcccb4fd2a4a35ef1df..8225416911aed6d95f91ed5cb98ef1fb843101bb 100644 (file)
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -770,15 +770,6 @@ static int ethtool_set_link_ksettings(struct net_device *dev,
        return dev->ethtool_ops->set_link_ksettings(dev, &link_ksettings);
 }
 
-static void
-warn_incomplete_ethtool_legacy_settings_conversion(const char *details)
-{
-       char name[sizeof(current->comm)];
-
-       pr_info_once("warning: `%s' uses legacy ethtool link settings API, %s\n",
-                    get_task_comm(name, current), details);
-}
-
 /* Query device for its ethtool_cmd settings.
  *
  * Backward compatibility note: for compatibility with legacy ethtool,
@@ -805,10 +796,8 @@ static int ethtool_get_settings(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
                                                           &link_ksettings);
                if (err < 0)
                        return err;
-               if (!convert_link_ksettings_to_legacy_settings(&cmd,
-                                                              &link_ksettings))
-                       warn_incomplete_ethtool_legacy_settings_conversion(
-                               "link modes are only partially reported");
+               convert_link_ksettings_to_legacy_settings(&cmd,
+                                                         &link_ksettings);
 
                /* send a sensible cmd tag back to user */
                cmd.cmd = ETHTOOL_GSET;