Merge tag 'driver-core-4.10-rc4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linu…

…x/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core

Pull driver core fix from Greg KH:
 "Here is a single patch being reverted to remove a feature that was
  added in 4.10-rc1 that isn't quite ready for release.

  It will be redone as a debugfs file instead of a sysfs file in the
  future"

* tag 'driver-core-4.10-rc4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core:
  Revert "driver core: Add deferred_probe attribute to devices in sysfs"

drivers/base/base.h

@@ -141,8 +141,6 @@ extern void device_unblock_probing(void);
 extern struct kset *devices_kset;
 extern void devices_kset_move_last(struct device *dev);
 
-extern struct device_attribute dev_attr_deferred_probe;
-
 #if defined(CONFIG_MODULES) && defined(CONFIG_SYSFS)
 extern void module_add_driver(struct module *mod, struct device_driver *drv);
 extern void module_remove_driver(struct device_driver *drv);

drivers/base/core.c

@@ -1060,14 +1060,8 @@ static int device_add_attrs(struct device *dev)
 			goto err_remove_dev_groups;
 	}
 
-	error = device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_deferred_probe);
-	if (error)
-		goto err_remove_online;
-
 	return 0;
 
- err_remove_online:
-	device_remove_file(dev, &dev_attr_online);
  err_remove_dev_groups:
 	device_remove_groups(dev, dev->groups);
  err_remove_type_groups:
@@ -1085,7 +1079,6 @@ static void device_remove_attrs(struct device *dev)
 	struct class *class = dev->class;
 	const struct device_type *type = dev->type;
 
-	device_remove_file(dev, &dev_attr_deferred_probe);
 	device_remove_file(dev, &dev_attr_online);
 	device_remove_groups(dev, dev->groups);
 

drivers/base/dd.c

@@ -53,19 +53,6 @@ static LIST_HEAD(deferred_probe_pending_list);
 static LIST_HEAD(deferred_probe_active_list);
 static atomic_t deferred_trigger_count = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 
-static ssize_t deferred_probe_show(struct device *dev,
-				   struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
-{
-	bool value;
-
-	mutex_lock(&deferred_probe_mutex);
-	value = !list_empty(&dev->p->deferred_probe);
-	mutex_unlock(&deferred_probe_mutex);
-
-	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", value);
-}
-DEVICE_ATTR_RO(deferred_probe);
-
 /*
  * In some cases, like suspend to RAM or hibernation, It might be reasonable
  * to prohibit probing of devices as it could be unsafe.