The patch titled
fs/char_dev.c: remove unused cdev_index()
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fs-char_devc-remove-unused-cdev_index.patch
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Subject: fs/char_dev.c: remove unused cdev_index()
From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx>
Commit 66fa12c571d3 ("ieee1394: remove the old IEEE 1394 driver stack")
eliminated the only user of cdev_index(). So it can be removed too.
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stefan Richter <stefanr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/char_dev.c | 13 -------------
include/linux/cdev.h | 2 --
2 files changed, 15 deletions(-)
diff -puN fs/char_dev.c~fs-char_devc-remove-unused-cdev_index fs/char_dev.c
--- a/fs/char_dev.c~fs-char_devc-remove-unused-cdev_index
+++ a/fs/char_dev.c
@@ -417,18 +417,6 @@ static int chrdev_open(struct inode *ino
return ret;
}
-int cdev_index(struct inode *inode)
-{
- int idx;
- struct kobject *kobj;
-
- kobj = kobj_lookup(cdev_map, inode->i_rdev, &idx);
- if (!kobj)
- return -1;
- kobject_put(kobj);
- return idx;
-}
-
void cd_forget(struct inode *inode)
{
spin_lock(&cdev_lock);
@@ -582,7 +570,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_init);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_alloc);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_del);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_add);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(cdev_index);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__register_chrdev);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__unregister_chrdev);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(directly_mappable_cdev_bdi);
diff -puN include/linux/cdev.h~fs-char_devc-remove-unused-cdev_index include/linux/cdev.h
--- a/include/linux/cdev.h~fs-char_devc-remove-unused-cdev_index
+++ a/include/linux/cdev.h
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ int cdev_add(struct cdev *, dev_t, unsig
void cdev_del(struct cdev *);
-int cdev_index(struct inode *inode);
-
void cd_forget(struct inode *);
extern struct backing_dev_info directly_mappable_cdev_bdi;
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from namhyung@xxxxxxxxx are
linux-next.patch
vfs-remove-a-warning-on-open_fmode.patch
vfs-add-__fmode_exec.patch
drivers-telephony-ixjc-fix-warning.patch
fs-char_devc-remove-unused-cdev_index.patch
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