Driver core: Remove unneeded get_{device,driver}() calls.
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>
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index a0cfda5..9c0070b 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -423,10 +423,8 @@
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 @@
*/
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);
- }
}
/**