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>
This commit is contained in:
Greg Kroah-Hartman 2023-03-13 19:18:34 +01:00
parent 10a03c36b7
commit 6e30a66433
2 changed files with 10 additions and 17 deletions

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@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static void class_remove_groups(struct class *cls,
return sysfs_remove_groups(&cls->p->subsys.kobj, groups);
}
int __class_register(struct class *cls, struct module *owner, struct lock_class_key *key)
int __class_register(struct class *cls, struct lock_class_key *key)
{
struct subsys_private *cp;
int error;
@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ int __class_register(struct class *cls, struct module *owner, struct lock_class_
if (error)
goto err_out;
cls->owner = owner;
error = class_add_groups(class_get(cls), cls->class_groups);
class_put(cls);
if (error) {
@ -220,7 +219,6 @@ static void class_create_release(struct class *cls)
/**
* __class_create - create a struct class structure
* @owner: pointer to the module that is to "own" this struct class
* @name: pointer to a string for the name of this class.
* @key: the lock_class_key for this class; used by mutex lock debugging
*
@ -232,8 +230,7 @@ static void class_create_release(struct class *cls)
* Note, the pointer created here is to be destroyed when finished by
* making a call to class_destroy().
*/
struct class *__class_create(struct module *owner, const char *name,
struct lock_class_key *key)
struct class *__class_create(const char *name, struct lock_class_key *key)
{
struct class *cls;
int retval;
@ -247,7 +244,7 @@ struct class *__class_create(struct module *owner, const char *name,
cls->name = name;
cls->class_release = class_create_release;
retval = __class_register(cls, owner, key);
retval = __class_register(cls, key);
if (retval)
goto error;

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@ -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); \
})