# \[PATCH net-next v4 1/7\] ipv6: raw: drop unused level argument from do\_rawv6\_getsockopt

- From: Breno Leitao \<leitao@debian.org\>
- Date: 2026-07-29 09:31:25 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2026/07/17334199
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2026/07/17334197/t.md

```text
do_rawv6_getsockopt() takes a level argument but never uses it; the
level dispatch is handled by the caller, rawv6_getsockopt(). Drop it,
matching ipv4's do_raw_getsockopt().

No functional change.

Reviewed-by: Joe Damato <redacted>
Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
---
 net/ipv6/raw.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/raw.c b/net/ipv6/raw.c
index 3cc58698cbbd3..99eec36796fb9 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/raw.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/raw.c
@@ -1051,8 +1051,8 @@ static int rawv6_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 	return do_rawv6_setsockopt(sk, level, optname, optval, optlen);
 }
 
-static int do_rawv6_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
-			    char __user *optval, int __user *optlen)
+static int do_rawv6_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int optname,
+			       char __user *optval, int __user *optlen)
 {
 	struct raw6_sock *rp = raw6_sk(sk);
 	int val, len;
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ static int rawv6_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 		return ipv6_getsockopt(sk, level, optname, optval, optlen);
 	}
 
-	return do_rawv6_getsockopt(sk, level, optname, optval, optlen);
+	return do_rawv6_getsockopt(sk, optname, optval, optlen);
 }
 
 static int rawv6_ioctl(struct sock *sk, int cmd, int *karg)

-- 
2.53.0-Meta

```
