[PATCH 7/7] driver core: remove class_attrs from struct class

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Jun 08 2017 - 04:13:22 EST


This field is no longer used or needed (use class_groups instead), so it
can be removed along with the driver core functionality that created and
removed these files.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/class.c | 33 ---------------------------------
include/linux/device.h | 2 --
2 files changed, 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index a2b2896693d6..52eb8e644acd 100644
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -119,36 +119,6 @@ static void class_put(struct class *cls)
kset_put(&cls->p->subsys);
}

-static int add_class_attrs(struct class *cls)
-{
- int i;
- int error = 0;
-
- if (cls->class_attrs) {
- for (i = 0; cls->class_attrs[i].attr.name; i++) {
- error = class_create_file(cls, &cls->class_attrs[i]);
- if (error)
- goto error;
- }
- }
-done:
- return error;
-error:
- while (--i >= 0)
- class_remove_file(cls, &cls->class_attrs[i]);
- goto done;
-}
-
-static void remove_class_attrs(struct class *cls)
-{
- int i;
-
- if (cls->class_attrs) {
- for (i = 0; cls->class_attrs[i].attr.name; i++)
- class_remove_file(cls, &cls->class_attrs[i]);
- }
-}
-
static void klist_class_dev_get(struct klist_node *n)
{
struct device *dev = container_of(n, struct device, knode_class);
@@ -217,8 +187,6 @@ int __class_register(struct class *cls, struct lock_class_key *key)
}
error = class_add_groups(class_get(cls), cls->class_groups);
class_put(cls);
- error = add_class_attrs(class_get(cls));
- class_put(cls);
return error;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__class_register);
@@ -226,7 +194,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__class_register);
void class_unregister(struct class *cls)
{
pr_debug("device class '%s': unregistering\n", cls->name);
- remove_class_attrs(cls);
class_remove_groups(cls, cls->class_groups);
kset_unregister(&cls->p->subsys);
}
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 9ef518af5515..000d94b03964 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -365,7 +365,6 @@ int subsys_virtual_register(struct bus_type *subsys,
* struct class - device classes
* @name: Name of the class.
* @owner: The module owner.
- * @class_attrs: Default attributes of this class.
* @class_groups: Default attributes of this class.
* @dev_groups: Default attributes of the devices that belong to the class.
* @dev_kobj: The kobject that represents this class and links it into the hierarchy.
@@ -394,7 +393,6 @@ struct class {
const char *name;
struct module *owner;

- struct class_attribute *class_attrs;
const struct attribute_group **class_groups;
const struct attribute_group **dev_groups;
struct kobject *dev_kobj;
--
2.13.1