linux-kernel - [PATCH 8/8] clk: Drop duplicate clk

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Date:   Tue,  2 Apr 2019 16:01:04 -0700
From:   Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
To:     Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 8/8] clk: Drop duplicate clk_register() documentation

clk_register() isn't the main way to register a clk anymore. Developers
should use clk_hw_register() instead. Furthermore, this whole chunk of
documentation duplicates what's in the C file, so let's just use that.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
---
 include/linux/clk-provider.h | 11 -----------
 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/clk-provider.h b/include/linux/clk-provider.h
index a1705a0f08c7..677df7865ac8 100644
--- a/include/linux/clk-provider.h
+++ b/include/linux/clk-provider.h
@@ -751,17 +751,6 @@ struct clk_hw *clk_hw_register_gpio_mux(struct device *dev, const char *name,
 		unsigned long flags);
 void clk_hw_unregister_gpio_mux(struct clk_hw *hw);
 
-/**
- * clk_register - allocate a new clock, register it and return an opaque cookie
- * @dev: device that is registering this clock
- * @hw: link to hardware-specific clock data
- *
- * clk_register is the primary interface for populating the clock tree with new
- * clock nodes.  It returns a pointer to the newly allocated struct clk which
- * cannot be dereferenced by driver code but may be used in conjuction with the
- * rest of the clock API.  In the event of an error clk_register will return an
- * error code; drivers must test for an error code after calling clk_register.
- */
 struct clk *clk_register(struct device *dev, struct clk_hw *hw);
 struct clk *devm_clk_register(struct device *dev, struct clk_hw *hw);
 
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