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| author | Qu Wenruo <wqu@suse.com> | 2021-08-31 17:30:44 +0800 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2021-09-14 11:28:32 +0200 |
| commit | 8988bacd6045adf39719e5057e43170f83bd1709 (patch) | |
| tree | bd9e6cead1f4658c75c943f96edf21f67701cc37 /include/linux/kobject.h | |
| parent | 6880fa6c56601bb8ed59df6c30fd390cc5f6dd8f (diff) | |
| download | lwn-8988bacd6045adf39719e5057e43170f83bd1709.tar.gz lwn-8988bacd6045adf39719e5057e43170f83bd1709.zip | |
kobject: unexport kobject_create() in kobject.h
The function kobject_create() is only used by one caller,
kobject_create_and_add(), no other driver uses it, nor is exported to
other modules.
However it's still exported in kobject.h, and can sometimes confuse
users of kobject.h.
Since all users should call kobject_create_and_add(), or if extra
attributes are needed, should alloc the memory manually then call
kobject_init_and_add().
Signed-off-by: Qu Wenruo <wqu@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210831093044.110729-1-wqu@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/kobject.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/kobject.h | 1 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h index ea30529fba08..efd56f990a46 100644 --- a/include/linux/kobject.h +++ b/include/linux/kobject.h @@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ int kobject_init_and_add(struct kobject *kobj, extern void kobject_del(struct kobject *kobj); -extern struct kobject * __must_check kobject_create(void); extern struct kobject * __must_check kobject_create_and_add(const char *name, struct kobject *parent); |