The variable module_sysfs_initialized is used for checking whether
module_kset has been initialized. Checking module_kset itself works
just fine for that.
Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/module.h | 1 -
kernel/module/sysfs.c | 2 +-
kernel/params.c | 2 --
3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index 518296ea7f73..727176de2890 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -827,7 +827,6 @@ void *dereference_module_function_descriptor(struct module *mod, void *ptr)
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
extern struct kset *module_kset;
extern struct kobj_type module_ktype;
-extern int module_sysfs_initialized;
#endif /* CONFIG_SYSFS */
#define symbol_request(x) try_then_request_module(symbol_get(x), "symbol:" #x)
diff --git a/kernel/module/sysfs.c b/kernel/module/sysfs.c
index ce68f821dcd1..c921bf044050 100644
--- a/kernel/module/sysfs.c
+++ b/kernel/module/sysfs.c
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ static int mod_sysfs_init(struct module *mod)
int err;
struct kobject *kobj;
- if (!module_sysfs_initialized) {
+ if (!module_kset) {
pr_err("%s: module sysfs not initialized\n", mod->name);
err = -EINVAL;
goto out;
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 5b92310425c5..8d4e9a3f0df2 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -940,7 +940,6 @@ static const struct kset_uevent_ops module_uevent_ops = {
};
struct kset *module_kset;
-int module_sysfs_initialized;
static void module_kobj_release(struct kobject *kobj)
{
@@ -964,7 +963,6 @@ static int __init param_sysfs_init(void)
__FILE__, __LINE__);
return -ENOMEM;
}
- module_sysfs_initialized = 1;
version_sysfs_builtin();
param_sysfs_builtin();
--
2.37.2
