[PATCH 3/3] driver core: class: remove class_compat code

[Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx>]

vfio/mdev as last user of class_compat has inlined the needed
functionality. So all class_compat code can be removed now.

Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/base/class.c         | 87 ------------------------------------
 include/linux/device/class.h |  7 ---
 2 files changed, 94 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index f812236e2..525512d05 100644
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -551,33 +551,6 @@ ssize_t show_class_attr_string(const struct class *class,
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(show_class_attr_string);
 
-struct class_compat {
-	struct kobject *kobj;
-};
-
-/**
- * class_compat_register - register a compatibility class
- * @name: the name of the class
- *
- * Compatibility class are meant as a temporary user-space compatibility
- * workaround when converting a family of class devices to a bus devices.
- */
-struct class_compat *class_compat_register(const char *name)
-{
-	struct class_compat *cls;
-
-	cls = kmalloc(sizeof(struct class_compat), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!cls)
-		return NULL;
-	cls->kobj = kobject_create_and_add(name, &class_kset->kobj);
-	if (!cls->kobj) {
-		kfree(cls);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	return cls;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(class_compat_register);
-
 /**
  * class_pseudo_register - create a pseudo class entry in sysfs
  * @name: the name of the child
@@ -592,66 +565,6 @@ struct kobject *class_pseudo_register(const char *name)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(class_pseudo_register);
 
-/**
- * class_compat_unregister - unregister a compatibility class
- * @cls: the class to unregister
- */
-void class_compat_unregister(struct class_compat *cls)
-{
-	kobject_put(cls->kobj);
-	kfree(cls);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(class_compat_unregister);
-
-/**
- * class_compat_create_link - create a compatibility class device link to
- *			      a bus device
- * @cls: the compatibility class
- * @dev: the target bus device
- * @device_link: an optional device to which a "device" link should be created
- */
-int class_compat_create_link(struct class_compat *cls, struct device *dev,
-			     struct device *device_link)
-{
-	int error;
-
-	error = sysfs_create_link(cls->kobj, &dev->kobj, dev_name(dev));
-	if (error)
-		return error;
-
-	/*
-	 * Optionally add a "device" link (typically to the parent), as a
-	 * class device would have one and we want to provide as much
-	 * backwards compatibility as possible.
-	 */
-	if (device_link) {
-		error = sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &device_link->kobj,
-					  "device");
-		if (error)
-			sysfs_remove_link(cls->kobj, dev_name(dev));
-	}
-
-	return error;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(class_compat_create_link);
-
-/**
- * class_compat_remove_link - remove a compatibility class device link to
- *			      a bus device
- * @cls: the compatibility class
- * @dev: the target bus device
- * @device_link: an optional device to which a "device" link was previously
- * 		 created
- */
-void class_compat_remove_link(struct class_compat *cls, struct device *dev,
-			      struct device *device_link)
-{
-	if (device_link)
-		sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "device");
-	sysfs_remove_link(cls->kobj, dev_name(dev));
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(class_compat_remove_link);
-
 /**
  * class_is_registered - determine if at this moment in time, a class is
  *			 registered in the driver core or not.
diff --git a/include/linux/device/class.h b/include/linux/device/class.h
index 8b6e890c7..85b036d0a 100644
--- a/include/linux/device/class.h
+++ b/include/linux/device/class.h
@@ -79,13 +79,6 @@ int __must_check class_register(const struct class *class);
 void class_unregister(const struct class *class);
 bool class_is_registered(const struct class *class);
 
-struct class_compat;
-struct class_compat *class_compat_register(const char *name);
-void class_compat_unregister(struct class_compat *cls);
-int class_compat_create_link(struct class_compat *cls, struct device *dev,
-			     struct device *device_link);
-void class_compat_remove_link(struct class_compat *cls, struct device *dev,
-			      struct device *device_link);
 struct kobject *class_pseudo_register(const char *name);
 
 void class_dev_iter_init(struct class_dev_iter *iter, const struct class *class,
-- 
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