net: disallow to use net_assign_generic externally

Now there's no need to use this fuction directly because it's handled by
register_pernet_device. So to make this simple and easy to understand,
make this static to do not tempt potentional users.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/netns/generic.h b/include/net/netns/generic.h
index ff4982a..81a31c0 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/generic.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/generic.h
@@ -14,11 +14,8 @@
  * The rules are simple:
  * 1. set pernet_operations->id.  After register_pernet_device you
  *    will have the id of your private pointer.
- * 2. Either set pernet_operations->size (to have the code allocate and
- *    free a private structure pointed to from struct net ) or 
- *    call net_assign_generic() to put the private data on the struct
- *    net (most preferably this should be done in the ->init callback
- *    of the ops registered);
+ * 2. set pernet_operations->size to have the code allocate and free
+ *    a private structure pointed to from struct net.
  * 3. do not change this pointer while the net is alive;
  * 4. do not try to have any private reference on the net_generic object.
  *
@@ -46,6 +43,4 @@ static inline void *net_generic(struct net *net, int id)
 
 	return ptr;
 }
-
-extern int net_assign_generic(struct net *net, int id, void *data);
 #endif