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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/base')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/Kconfig | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/base.h | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/dd.c | 26 |
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig index 8fa8deab6449..4b7b4522b64f 100644 --- a/drivers/base/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ menu "Generic Driver Options" -config UEVENT_HELPER_PATH - string "path to uevent helper" - default "" +config UEVENT_HELPER + bool "Support for uevent helper" + default y help - Path to uevent helper program forked by the kernel for + The uevent helper program is forked by the kernel for every uevent. Before the switch to the netlink-based uevent source, this was used to hook hotplug scripts into kernel device events. It @@ -15,8 +15,13 @@ config UEVENT_HELPER_PATH that it creates a high system load, or on smaller systems it is known to create out-of-memory situations during bootup. - To disable user space helper program execution at early boot - time specify an empty string here. This setting can be altered +config UEVENT_HELPER_PATH + string "path to uevent helper" + depends on UEVENT_HELPER + default "" + help + To disable user space helper program execution at by default + specify an empty string here. This setting can still be altered via /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug or via /sys/kernel/uevent_helper later at runtime. diff --git a/drivers/base/base.h b/drivers/base/base.h index 24f424249d9b..251c5d30f963 100644 --- a/drivers/base/base.h +++ b/drivers/base/base.h @@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ struct driver_private { * binding of drivers which were unable to get all the resources needed by * the device; typically because it depends on another driver getting * probed first. - * @driver_data - private pointer for driver specific info. Will turn into a - * list soon. * @device - pointer back to the struct class that this structure is * associated with. * @@ -76,7 +74,6 @@ struct device_private { struct klist_node knode_driver; struct klist_node knode_bus; struct list_head deferred_probe; - void *driver_data; struct device *device; }; #define to_device_private_parent(obj) \ diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c index 62ec61e8f84a..e4ffbcf2f519 100644 --- a/drivers/base/dd.c +++ b/drivers/base/dd.c @@ -587,29 +587,3 @@ void driver_detach(struct device_driver *drv) put_device(dev); } } - -/* - * These exports can't be _GPL due to .h files using this within them, and it - * might break something that was previously working... - */ -void *dev_get_drvdata(const struct device *dev) -{ - if (dev && dev->p) - return dev->p->driver_data; - return NULL; -} -EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_drvdata); - -int dev_set_drvdata(struct device *dev, void *data) -{ - int error; - - if (!dev->p) { - error = device_private_init(dev); - if (error) - return error; - } - dev->p->driver_data = data; - return 0; -} -EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_set_drvdata); |
