linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/28] driver core: Remove device_is_registered() in device

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Date:	Wed,  7 Feb 2007 16:29:53 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 5/28] 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>
Cc: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
---
 drivers/base/core.c |    4 ----
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 67b79a7..36eedfd 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -1004,10 +1004,6 @@ int device_move(struct device *dev, struct device *new_parent)
 	if (!dev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (!device_is_registered(dev)) {
-		error = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
-	}
 	new_parent = get_device(new_parent);
 	if (!new_parent) {
 		error = -EINVAL;
-- 
1.4.4.4

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