Driver core: Remove unneeded get_{device,driver}() calls.

Driver core: Remove unneeded get_{device,driver}() calls. Code trying to add/remove attributes must hold a reference to the device resp. driver anyway, so let's remove those reference count games. Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <[email protected]> Cc: Dave Young <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
chewitt · Feb 2, 2008 · 0c98b19 · 0c98b19
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diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -423,10 +423,8 @@ struct kset *devices_kset;
 int device_create_file(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr)
 {
 	int error = 0;
-	if (get_device(dev)) {
+	if (dev)
 		error = sysfs_create_file(&dev->kobj, &attr->attr);
-		put_device(dev);
-	}
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -437,10 +435,8 @@ int device_create_file(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr)
  */
 void device_remove_file(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr)
 {
-	if (get_device(dev)) {
+	if (dev)
 		sysfs_remove_file(&dev->kobj, &attr->attr);
-		put_device(dev);
-	}
 }
 
 /**

diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c
@@ -97,10 +97,9 @@ int driver_create_file(struct device_driver *drv,
 		       struct driver_attribute *attr)
 {
 	int error;
-	if (get_driver(drv)) {
+	if (drv)
 		error = sysfs_create_file(&drv->p->kobj, &attr->attr);
-		put_driver(drv);
-	} else
+	else
 		error = -EINVAL;
 	return error;
 }
@@ -114,10 +113,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(driver_create_file);
 void driver_remove_file(struct device_driver *drv,
 			struct driver_attribute *attr)
 {
-	if (get_driver(drv)) {
+	if (drv)
 		sysfs_remove_file(&drv->p->kobj, &attr->attr);
-		put_driver(drv);
-	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(driver_remove_file);