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net: rtnetlink: remove local list in __linkwatch_run_queue()

Due to linkwatch_forget_dev() (and perhaps others?) checking for
list_empty(&dev->link_watch_list), we must have all manipulations
of even the local on-stack list 'wrk' here under spinlock, since
even that list can be reached otherwise via dev->link_watch_list.

This is already the case, but makes this a bit counter-intuitive,
often local lists are used to _not_ have to use locking for their
local use.

Remove the local list as it doesn't seem to serve any purpose.
While at it, move a variable declaration into the loop using it.

Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231205170011.56576dcc1727.I698b72219d9f6ce789bd209b8f6dffd0ca32a8f2@changeid
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

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