# \[PATCH 104/109\] net: remove compat\_sys\_\*() prototypes from net/compat.h

- From: Dominik Brodowski \<linux@dominikbrodowski.net\>
- Date: 2018-03-29 11:41:03 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2018/03/5245425
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-arch/2018/03/133171/t.md

```text
As the syscall functions should only be called from the system call table
but not from elsewhere in the kernel, it is sufficient that they are
defined in linux/compat.h.

Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
---
 include/net/compat.h | 11 -----------
 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/compat.h b/include/net/compat.h
index a91bea80b9fc..4c6d75612b6c 100644
--- a/include/net/compat.h
+++ b/include/net/compat.h
@@ -44,17 +44,6 @@ int compat_sock_get_timestampns(struct sock *, struct timespec __user *);
 int get_compat_msghdr(struct msghdr *, struct compat_msghdr __user *,
 		      struct sockaddr __user **, struct iovec **);
 struct sock_fprog __user *get_compat_bpf_fprog(char __user *optval);
-asmlinkage long compat_sys_sendmsg(int, struct compat_msghdr __user *,
-				   unsigned int);
-asmlinkage long compat_sys_sendmmsg(int, struct compat_mmsghdr __user *,
-				    unsigned int, unsigned int);
-asmlinkage long compat_sys_recvmsg(int, struct compat_msghdr __user *,
-				   unsigned int);
-asmlinkage long compat_sys_recvmmsg(int, struct compat_mmsghdr __user *,
-				    unsigned int, unsigned int,
-				    struct compat_timespec __user *);
-asmlinkage long compat_sys_getsockopt(int, int, int, char __user *,
-				      int __user *);
 int put_cmsg_compat(struct msghdr*, int, int, int, void *);
 
 int cmsghdr_from_user_compat_to_kern(struct msghdr *, struct sock *,
-- 
2.16.3
```
