[PATCH 5/5] MIPS: ip22-gio: do not export device release function

From: Johan Hovold

Date: Fri Apr 24 2026 - 06:29:10 EST


There is no need to export the gio device release function as the
devices are reference counted.

Drop the export along with the unused inline wrapper.

Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/mips/include/asm/gio_device.h | 6 ------
arch/mips/sgi-ip22/ip22-gio.c | 3 +--
2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/gio_device.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/gio_device.h
index 159087f5386e..f9c102f038d6 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/gio_device.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/gio_device.h
@@ -37,12 +37,6 @@ extern void gio_dev_put(struct gio_device *);

extern int gio_device_register(struct gio_device *);
extern void gio_device_unregister(struct gio_device *);
-extern void gio_release_dev(struct device *);
-
-static inline void gio_device_free(struct gio_device *dev)
-{
- gio_release_dev(&dev->dev);
-}

extern int gio_register_driver(struct gio_driver *);
extern void gio_unregister_driver(struct gio_driver *);
diff --git a/arch/mips/sgi-ip22/ip22-gio.c b/arch/mips/sgi-ip22/ip22-gio.c
index d29067430b44..54e17c8693e2 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sgi-ip22/ip22-gio.c
+++ b/arch/mips/sgi-ip22/ip22-gio.c
@@ -80,14 +80,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gio_dev_put);
* Will be called only by the device core when all users of this gio device are
* done.
*/
-void gio_release_dev(struct device *dev)
+static void gio_release_dev(struct device *dev)
{
struct gio_device *giodev;

giodev = to_gio_device(dev);
kfree(giodev);
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gio_release_dev);

int gio_device_register(struct gio_device *giodev)
{
--
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