linux-kernel - [Patch 1/2] driver core: Remove device_is_registered() in device

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Date:	Mon, 8 Jan 2007 20:16:41 +0100
From:	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>
To:	Greg K-H <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [Patch 1/2] driver core: Remove device_is_registered() in
 device_move().

From: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>

device_is_registered() will always be false for a device with no bus. Remove
this check and trust the caller to know what they're doing.

Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>

---
 drivers/base/core.c |    4 ----
 1 files changed, 4 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/base/core.c
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -1066,10 +1066,6 @@ int device_move(struct device *dev, stru
 	if (!dev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (!device_is_registered(dev)) {
-		error = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
-	}
 	new_parent = get_device(new_parent);
 	if (!new_parent) {
 		error = -EINVAL;
-
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