2 files changed, 5 insertions, 30 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index 70ee6a7ba5a3..2526c57d924e 100644
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -601,30 +601,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(class_compat_unregister);
  *			      a bus device
  * @cls: the compatibility class
  * @dev: the target bus device
- * @device_link: an optional device to which a "device" link should be created
  */
-int class_compat_create_link(struct class_compat *cls, struct device *dev,
-			     struct device *device_link)
+int class_compat_create_link(struct class_compat *cls, struct device *dev)
 {
-	int error;
-
-	error = sysfs_create_link(cls->kobj, &dev->kobj, dev_name(dev));
-	if (error)
-		return error;
-
-	/*
-	 * Optionally add a "device" link (typically to the parent), as a
-	 * class device would have one and we want to provide as much
-	 * backwards compatibility as possible.
-	 */
-	if (device_link) {
-		error = sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &device_link->kobj,
-					  "device");
-		if (error)
-			sysfs_remove_link(cls->kobj, dev_name(dev));
-	}
-
-	return error;
+	return sysfs_create_link(cls->kobj, &dev->kobj, dev_name(dev));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(class_compat_create_link);
 
@@ -633,14 +613,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(class_compat_create_link);
  *			      a bus device
  * @cls: the compatibility class
  * @dev: the target bus device
- * @device_link: an optional device to which a "device" link was previously
- * 		 created
  */
-void class_compat_remove_link(struct class_compat *cls, struct device *dev,
-			      struct device *device_link)
+void class_compat_remove_link(struct class_compat *cls, struct device *dev)
 {
-	if (device_link)
-		sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "device");
 	sysfs_remove_link(cls->kobj, dev_name(dev));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(class_compat_remove_link);
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
index ed4737de4528..f2e686f8f1ef 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ int mdev_register_parent(struct mdev_parent *parent, struct device *dev,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = class_compat_create_link(mdev_bus_compat_class, dev, NULL);
+	ret = class_compat_create_link(mdev_bus_compat_class, dev);
 	if (ret)
 		dev_warn(dev, "Failed to create compatibility class link\n");
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ void mdev_unregister_parent(struct mdev_parent *parent)
 	dev_info(parent->dev, "MDEV: Unregistering\n");
 
 	down_write(&parent->unreg_sem);
-	class_compat_remove_link(mdev_bus_compat_class, parent->dev, NULL);
+	class_compat_remove_link(mdev_bus_compat_class, parent->dev);
 	device_for_each_child(parent->dev, NULL, mdev_device_remove_cb);
 	parent_remove_sysfs_files(parent);
 	up_write(&parent->unreg_sem);