Only a single driver actually sets the ->request method, so don't print a scary warning if it isn't. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> --- drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c index b16606ebafa1..b314101237fe 100644 --- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c +++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c @@ -138,10 +138,6 @@ int mdev_register_device(struct device *dev, const struct mdev_parent_ops *ops) if (!dev) return -EINVAL; - /* Not mandatory, but its absence could be a problem */ - if (!ops->request) - dev_info(dev, "Driver cannot be asked to release device\n"); - mutex_lock(&parent_list_lock); /* Check for duplicate */ -- 2.30.2