From a4b94d81060a55c0c4e6df073256ad2c93cf316b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RUANG <rruuaanng@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 19:11:41 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Remove outdated netlink constants.

---
 ...-11-25-19-04-10.gh-issue-127072.-c284K.rst |  1 +
 Modules/socketmodule.c                        | 20 ++-----------------
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-25-19-04-10.gh-issue-127072.-c284K.rst

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-25-19-04-10.gh-issue-127072.-c284K.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-25-19-04-10.gh-issue-127072.-c284K.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..84ebfa4b13ca99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-25-19-04-10.gh-issue-127072.-c284K.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove outdated ``socket.NETLINK_*`` constants.
diff --git a/Modules/socketmodule.c b/Modules/socketmodule.c
index 2764bd6e2b2a47..52f04f0f9bd245 100644
--- a/Modules/socketmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/socketmodule.c
@@ -7591,36 +7591,20 @@ socket_exec(PyObject *m)
     /*  */
     ADD_INT_MACRO(m, AF_NETLINK);
     ADD_INT_MACRO(m, NETLINK_ROUTE);
-#ifdef NETLINK_SKIP
-    ADD_INT_MACRO(m, NETLINK_SKIP);
-#endif
-#ifdef NETLINK_W1
-    ADD_INT_MACRO(m, NETLINK_W1);
-#endif
     ADD_INT_MACRO(m, NETLINK_USERSOCK);
     ADD_INT_MACRO(m, NETLINK_FIREWALL);
-#ifdef NETLINK_TCPDIAG
-    ADD_INT_MACRO(m, NETLINK_TCPDIAG);
-#endif
 #ifdef NETLINK_NFLOG
     ADD_INT_MACRO(m, NETLINK_NFLOG);
 #endif
 #ifdef NETLINK_XFRM
     ADD_INT_MACRO(m, NETLINK_XFRM);
 #endif
-#ifdef NETLINK_ARPD
-    ADD_INT_MACRO(m, NETLINK_ARPD);
-#endif
-#ifdef NETLINK_ROUTE6
-    ADD_INT_MACRO(m, NETLINK_ROUTE6);
-#endif
+#ifdef NETLINK_IP6_FW
     ADD_INT_MACRO(m, NETLINK_IP6_FW);
+#endif
 #ifdef NETLINK_DNRTMSG
     ADD_INT_MACRO(m, NETLINK_DNRTMSG);
 #endif
-#ifdef NETLINK_TAPBASE
-    ADD_INT_MACRO(m, NETLINK_TAPBASE);
-#endif
 #ifdef NETLINK_CRYPTO
     ADD_INT_MACRO(m, NETLINK_CRYPTO);
 #endif

From a99fec7cced19ab7421c4f82a584e0f6158cafce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Gregory P. Smith" <greg@krypto.org>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 22:29:37 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] clarify how outdated in the news entry.

---
 .../next/Library/2024-11-25-19-04-10.gh-issue-127072.-c284K.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-25-19-04-10.gh-issue-127072.-c284K.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-25-19-04-10.gh-issue-127072.-c284K.rst
index 84ebfa4b13ca99..1bc7e1f0de9e0b 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-25-19-04-10.gh-issue-127072.-c284K.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-25-19-04-10.gh-issue-127072.-c284K.rst
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Remove outdated ``socket.NETLINK_*`` constants.
+Remove outdated ``socket.NETLINK_*`` constants not present in Linux kernels beyond 2.6.17.