[PATCH 5/9] driver core: remove device_create_vargs

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Wed Apr 22 2020 - 03:39:17 EST


All external users of device_create_vargs are gone, so remove it and
open code it in the only caller.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/core.c | 37 ++-----------------------------------
include/linux/device.h | 4 ----
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 139cdf7e7327..fb8ae248e5aa 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -3188,40 +3188,6 @@ device_create_groups_vargs(struct class *class, struct device *parent,
return ERR_PTR(retval);
}

-/**
- * device_create_vargs - creates a device and registers it with sysfs
- * @class: pointer to the struct class that this device should be registered to
- * @parent: pointer to the parent struct device of this new device, if any
- * @devt: the dev_t for the char device to be added
- * @drvdata: the data to be added to the device for callbacks
- * @fmt: string for the device's name
- * @args: va_list for the device's name
- *
- * This function can be used by char device classes. A struct device
- * will be created in sysfs, registered to the specified class.
- *
- * A "dev" file will be created, showing the dev_t for the device, if
- * the dev_t is not 0,0.
- * If a pointer to a parent struct device is passed in, the newly created
- * struct device will be a child of that device in sysfs.
- * The pointer to the struct device will be returned from the call.
- * Any further sysfs files that might be required can be created using this
- * pointer.
- *
- * Returns &struct device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
- *
- * Note: the struct class passed to this function must have previously
- * been created with a call to class_create().
- */
-struct device *device_create_vargs(struct class *class, struct device *parent,
- dev_t devt, void *drvdata, const char *fmt,
- va_list args)
-{
- return device_create_groups_vargs(class, parent, devt, drvdata, NULL,
- fmt, args);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_create_vargs);
-
/**
* device_create - creates a device and registers it with sysfs
* @class: pointer to the struct class that this device should be registered to
@@ -3253,7 +3219,8 @@ struct device *device_create(struct class *class, struct device *parent,
struct device *dev;

va_start(vargs, fmt);
- dev = device_create_vargs(class, parent, devt, drvdata, fmt, vargs);
+ dev = device_create_groups_vargs(class, parent, devt, drvdata, NULL,
+ fmt, vargs);
va_end(vargs);
return dev;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index ac8e37cd716a..15460a5ac024 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -884,10 +884,6 @@ extern bool device_is_bound(struct device *dev);
/*
* Easy functions for dynamically creating devices on the fly
*/
-extern __printf(5, 0)
-struct device *device_create_vargs(struct class *cls, struct device *parent,
- dev_t devt, void *drvdata,
- const char *fmt, va_list vargs);
extern __printf(5, 6)
struct device *device_create(struct class *cls, struct device *parent,
dev_t devt, void *drvdata,
--
2.26.1