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Eliminate get_driver() and put_driver()
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Now that there are no users of get_driver() or put_driver(), this
patch (as1513) removes those routines completely.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
CC: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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Alan Stern authored and Greg Kroah-Hartman committed Jan 25, 2012
1 parent f3ff924 commit 9875bb4
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28 changes: 0 additions & 28 deletions drivers/base/driver.c
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Expand Up @@ -153,34 +153,6 @@ int driver_add_kobj(struct device_driver *drv, struct kobject *kobj,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(driver_add_kobj);

/**
* get_driver - increment driver reference count.
* @drv: driver.
*/
struct device_driver *get_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
{
if (drv) {
struct driver_private *priv;
struct kobject *kobj;

kobj = kobject_get(&drv->p->kobj);
priv = to_driver(kobj);
return priv->driver;
}
return NULL;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_driver);

/**
* put_driver - decrement driver's refcount.
* @drv: driver.
*/
void put_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
{
kobject_put(&drv->p->kobj);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(put_driver);

static int driver_add_groups(struct device_driver *drv,
const struct attribute_group **groups)
{
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2 changes: 0 additions & 2 deletions include/linux/device.h
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Expand Up @@ -238,8 +238,6 @@ struct device_driver {
extern int __must_check driver_register(struct device_driver *drv);
extern void driver_unregister(struct device_driver *drv);

extern struct device_driver *get_driver(struct device_driver *drv);
extern void put_driver(struct device_driver *drv);
extern struct device_driver *driver_find(const char *name,
struct bus_type *bus);
extern int driver_probe_done(void);
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