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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/misc.c15
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c
index 96eb2a709e21..dfe1cede3916 100644
--- a/drivers/char/misc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/misc.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
#include <linux/seq_file.h>
-#include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
#include <linux/stat.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/device.h>
@@ -204,7 +203,7 @@ int misc_register(struct miscdevice * misc)
{
struct miscdevice *c;
dev_t dev;
- int err;
+ int err = 0;
down(&misc_sem);
list_for_each_entry(c, &misc_list, list) {
@@ -228,10 +227,6 @@ int misc_register(struct miscdevice * misc)
if (misc->minor < DYNAMIC_MINORS)
misc_minors[misc->minor >> 3] |= 1 << (misc->minor & 7);
- if (misc->devfs_name[0] == '\0') {
- snprintf(misc->devfs_name, sizeof(misc->devfs_name),
- "misc/%s", misc->name);
- }
dev = MKDEV(MISC_MAJOR, misc->minor);
misc->class = class_device_create(misc_class, NULL, dev, misc->dev,
@@ -241,13 +236,6 @@ int misc_register(struct miscdevice * misc)
goto out;
}
- err = devfs_mk_cdev(dev, S_IFCHR|S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR|S_IRGRP,
- misc->devfs_name);
- if (err) {
- class_device_destroy(misc_class, dev);
- goto out;
- }
-
/*
* Add it to the front, so that later devices can "override"
* earlier defaults
@@ -278,7 +266,6 @@ int misc_deregister(struct miscdevice * misc)
down(&misc_sem);
list_del(&misc->list);
class_device_destroy(misc_class, MKDEV(MISC_MAJOR, misc->minor));
- devfs_remove(misc->devfs_name);
if (i < DYNAMIC_MINORS && i>0) {
misc_minors[i>>3] &= ~(1 << (misc->minor & 7));
}