Driver core: Remove unneeded get_{device,driver}() calls.
authorCornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:39:38 +0000 (10:39 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Sat, 2 Feb 2008 23:14:49 +0000 (15:14 -0800)
Driver core: Remove unneeded get_{device,driver}() calls.

Code trying to add/remove attributes must hold a reference to
the device resp. driver anyway, so let's remove those reference
count games.

Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
drivers/base/core.c
drivers/base/driver.c

index a0cfda553c9d74c26735e8b6b1e0236ca0bb8064..9c0070b5bd3e75d828a44d405dca4695b70e6ef6 100644 (file)
@@ -423,10 +423,8 @@ struct kset *devices_kset;
 int device_create_file(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr)
 {
        int error = 0;
-       if (get_device(dev)) {
+       if (dev)
                error = sysfs_create_file(&dev->kobj, &attr->attr);
-               put_device(dev);
-       }
        return error;
 }
 
@@ -437,10 +435,8 @@ int device_create_file(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr)
  */
 void device_remove_file(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr)
 {
-       if (get_device(dev)) {
+       if (dev)
                sysfs_remove_file(&dev->kobj, &attr->attr);
-               put_device(dev);
-       }
 }
 
 /**
index a35f04121a00f938503f3b585c4e792e8a578d8f..ba75184c653c32794e3ac60283369a1bd39ea461 100644 (file)
@@ -97,10 +97,9 @@ int driver_create_file(struct device_driver *drv,
                       struct driver_attribute *attr)
 {
        int error;
-       if (get_driver(drv)) {
+       if (drv)
                error = sysfs_create_file(&drv->p->kobj, &attr->attr);
-               put_driver(drv);
-       } else
+       else
                error = -EINVAL;
        return error;
 }
@@ -114,10 +113,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(driver_create_file);
 void driver_remove_file(struct device_driver *drv,
                        struct driver_attribute *attr)
 {
-       if (get_driver(drv)) {
+       if (drv)
                sysfs_remove_file(&drv->p->kobj, &attr->attr);
-               put_driver(drv);
-       }
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(driver_remove_file);