+ nla_total_size(MAX_PHYS_ITEM_ID_LEN) /* IFLA_PHYS_SWITCH_ID */
               + nla_total_size(IFNAMSIZ) /* IFLA_PHYS_PORT_NAME */
               + rtnl_xdp_size(dev) /* IFLA_XDP */
-              + nla_total_size(4)  /* IFLA_EVENT */
               + nla_total_size(1); /* IFLA_PROTO_DOWN */
 
 }
        return err;
 }
 
-static int rtnl_fill_link_event(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned long event)
-{
-       u32 rtnl_event;
-
-       switch (event) {
-       case NETDEV_REBOOT:
-               rtnl_event = IFLA_EVENT_REBOOT;
-               break;
-       case NETDEV_CHANGEMTU:
-               rtnl_event = IFLA_EVENT_CHANGE_MTU;
-               break;
-       case NETDEV_CHANGEADDR:
-               rtnl_event = IFLA_EVENT_CHANGE_ADDR;
-               break;
-       case NETDEV_CHANGENAME:
-               rtnl_event = IFLA_EVENT_CHANGE_NAME;
-               break;
-       case NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE:
-               rtnl_event = IFLA_EVENT_FEAT_CHANGE;
-               break;
-       case NETDEV_BONDING_FAILOVER:
-               rtnl_event = IFLA_EVENT_BONDING_FAILOVER;
-               break;
-       case NETDEV_POST_TYPE_CHANGE:
-               rtnl_event = IFLA_EVENT_POST_TYPE_CHANGE;
-               break;
-       case NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS:
-               rtnl_event = IFLA_EVENT_NOTIFY_PEERS;
-               break;
-       case NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER:
-               rtnl_event = IFLA_EVENT_CHANGE_UPPER;
-               break;
-       case NETDEV_RESEND_IGMP:
-               rtnl_event = IFLA_EVENT_RESEND_IGMP;
-               break;
-       case NETDEV_PRECHANGEMTU:
-               rtnl_event = IFLA_EVENT_PRE_CHANGE_MTU;
-               break;
-       case NETDEV_CHANGEINFODATA:
-               rtnl_event = IFLA_EVENT_CHANGE_INFO_DATA;
-               break;
-       case NETDEV_PRECHANGEUPPER:
-               rtnl_event = IFLA_EVENT_PRE_CHANGE_UPPER;
-               break;
-       case NETDEV_CHANGELOWERSTATE:
-               rtnl_event = IFLA_EVENT_CHANGE_LOWER_STATE;
-               break;
-       case NETDEV_UDP_TUNNEL_PUSH_INFO:
-               rtnl_event = IFLA_EVENT_UDP_TUNNEL_PUSH_INFO;
-               break;
-       case NETDEV_CHANGE_TX_QUEUE_LEN:
-               rtnl_event = IFLA_EVENT_CHANGE_TX_QUEUE_LEN;
-               break;
-       default:
-               return 0;
-       }
-
-       return nla_put_u32(skb, IFLA_EVENT, rtnl_event);
-}
-
 static int rtnl_fill_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
                            int type, u32 pid, u32 seq, u32 change,
-                           unsigned int flags, u32 ext_filter_mask,
-                           unsigned long event)
+                           unsigned int flags, u32 ext_filter_mask)
 {
        struct ifinfomsg *ifm;
        struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
            nla_put_u8(skb, IFLA_PROTO_DOWN, dev->proto_down))
                goto nla_put_failure;
 
-       if (rtnl_fill_link_event(skb, event))
-               goto nla_put_failure;
-
        if (rtnl_fill_link_ifmap(skb, dev))
                goto nla_put_failure;
 
        [IFLA_LINK_NETNSID]     = { .type = NLA_S32 },
        [IFLA_PROTO_DOWN]       = { .type = NLA_U8 },
        [IFLA_XDP]              = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
-       [IFLA_EVENT]            = { .type = NLA_U32 },
 };
 
 static const struct nla_policy ifla_info_policy[IFLA_INFO_MAX+1] = {
                                               NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).portid,
                                               cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq, 0,
                                               flags,
-                                              ext_filter_mask, 0);
+                                              ext_filter_mask);
                        /* If we ran out of room on the first message,
                         * we're in trouble
                         */
                return -ENOBUFS;
 
        err = rtnl_fill_ifinfo(nskb, dev, RTM_NEWLINK, NETLINK_CB(skb).portid,
-                              nlh->nlmsg_seq, 0, 0, ext_filter_mask, 0);
+                              nlh->nlmsg_seq, 0, 0, ext_filter_mask);
        if (err < 0) {
                /* -EMSGSIZE implies BUG in if_nlmsg_size */
                WARN_ON(err == -EMSGSIZE);
 }
 
 struct sk_buff *rtmsg_ifinfo_build_skb(int type, struct net_device *dev,
-                                      unsigned int change,
-                                      unsigned long event, gfp_t flags)
+                                      unsigned int change, gfp_t flags)
 {
        struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
        struct sk_buff *skb;
        if (skb == NULL)
                goto errout;
 
-       err = rtnl_fill_ifinfo(skb, dev, type, 0, 0, change, 0, 0, event);
+       err = rtnl_fill_ifinfo(skb, dev, type, 0, 0, change, 0, 0);
        if (err < 0) {
                /* -EMSGSIZE implies BUG in if_nlmsg_size() */
                WARN_ON(err == -EMSGSIZE);
        rtnl_notify(skb, net, 0, RTNLGRP_LINK, NULL, flags);
 }
 
-static void rtmsg_ifinfo_event(int type, struct net_device *dev,
-                              unsigned int change, unsigned long event,
-                              gfp_t flags)
+void rtmsg_ifinfo(int type, struct net_device *dev, unsigned int change,
+                 gfp_t flags)
 {
        struct sk_buff *skb;
 
        if (dev->reg_state != NETREG_REGISTERED)
                return;
 
-       skb = rtmsg_ifinfo_build_skb(type, dev, change, event, flags);
+       skb = rtmsg_ifinfo_build_skb(type, dev, change, flags);
        if (skb)
                rtmsg_ifinfo_send(skb, dev, flags);
 }
-
-void rtmsg_ifinfo(int type, struct net_device *dev, unsigned int change,
-                 gfp_t flags)
-{
-       rtmsg_ifinfo_event(type, dev, change, 0, flags);
-}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtmsg_ifinfo);
 
 static int nlmsg_populate_fdb_fill(struct sk_buff *skb,
        case NETDEV_CHANGELOWERSTATE:
        case NETDEV_UDP_TUNNEL_PUSH_INFO:
        case NETDEV_CHANGE_TX_QUEUE_LEN:
-               rtmsg_ifinfo_event(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, 0, event, GFP_KERNEL);
+               rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
                break;
        default:
                break;