Revert "i2c: copy device properties when using i2c_register_board_info()"

This reverts commit b0c1e95ab44feaad8831f2c06a3473c974003b49. It
contains a flaw and the next version has more features added which makes
me want to move it to the next cycle.

Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-boardinfo.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-boardinfo.c
index 5b8f6c3a695074874e1a7aba56d5f49a19e65c88..6e5fac6a5262a0824d69ebe534b18fd855d35922 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-boardinfo.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-boardinfo.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/i2c.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/property.h>
 #include <linux/rwsem.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__i2c_first_dynamic_bus_num);
  *
  * The board info passed can safely be __initdata, but be careful of embedded
  * pointers (for platform_data, functions, etc) since that won't be copied.
- * Device properties are deep-copied though.
  */
 int i2c_register_board_info(int busnum, struct i2c_board_info const *info, unsigned len)
 {
@@ -80,14 +78,6 @@ int i2c_register_board_info(int busnum, struct i2c_board_info const *info, unsig
 
                devinfo->busnum = busnum;
                devinfo->board_info = *info;
-
-               if (info->properties) {
-                       devinfo->board_info.properties =
-                                       property_entries_dup(info->properties);
-                       if (IS_ERR(devinfo->board_info.properties))
-                               return PTR_ERR(devinfo->board_info.properties);
-               }
-
                list_add_tail(&devinfo->list, &__i2c_board_list);
        }