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| author | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2023-03-13 19:18:34 +0100 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2023-03-17 15:16:30 +0100 |
| commit | 6e30a66433afee90e902ced95d7136e8f7edcc7e (patch) | |
| tree | b5a00d479c33d2c7c193661cef02b52c1902fe23 /include/linux/device | |
| parent | 10a03c36b7dd7759788ebc613091d313b60f93e0 (diff) | |
driver core: class: remove struct module owner out of struct class
The module owner field for a struct class was never actually used, so
remove it as it is not doing anything at all.
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230313181843.1207845-3-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/device')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/device/class.h | 18 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/device/class.h b/include/linux/device/class.h index d1ba4ee235dc..bf736f14f0c1 100644 --- a/include/linux/device/class.h +++ b/include/linux/device/class.h @@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ struct fwnode_handle; /** * struct class - device classes * @name: Name of the class. - * @owner: The module owner. * @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. @@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ struct fwnode_handle; */ struct class { const char *name; - struct module *owner; const struct attribute_group **class_groups; const struct attribute_group **dev_groups; @@ -85,16 +83,15 @@ struct class_dev_iter { extern struct kobject *sysfs_dev_block_kobj; extern struct kobject *sysfs_dev_char_kobj; extern int __must_check __class_register(struct class *class, - struct module *owner, struct lock_class_key *key); extern void class_unregister(struct class *class); /* This is a #define to keep the compiler from merging different * instances of the __key variable */ -#define class_register(class) \ -({ \ - static struct lock_class_key __key; \ - __class_register(class, THIS_MODULE, &__key); \ +#define class_register(class) \ +({ \ + static struct lock_class_key __key; \ + __class_register(class, &__key); \ }) struct class_compat; @@ -250,8 +247,7 @@ struct class_interface { extern int __must_check class_interface_register(struct class_interface *); extern void class_interface_unregister(struct class_interface *); -extern struct class * __must_check __class_create(struct module *owner, - const char *name, +extern struct class * __must_check __class_create(const char *name, struct lock_class_key *key); extern void class_destroy(struct class *cls); @@ -260,7 +256,7 @@ extern void class_destroy(struct class *cls); /** * class_create - create a struct class structure - * @owner: pointer to the module that is to "own" this struct class + * @owner: dummy pointer, does nothing, will be removed soon. * @name: pointer to a string for the name of this class. * * This is used to create a struct class pointer that can then be used @@ -274,7 +270,7 @@ extern void class_destroy(struct class *cls); #define class_create(owner, name) \ ({ \ static struct lock_class_key __key; \ - __class_create(owner, name, &__key); \ + __class_create(name, &__key); \ }) |