linux-kernel - [PATCH 6/7] driver core: make sysfs_dev_block

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Message-Id: <20230331093318.82288-6-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Fri, 31 Mar 2023 11:33:17 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6/7] driver core: make sysfs_dev_block_kobj static

Nothing outside of drivers/base/core.c uses sysfs_dev_block_kobj, so
make it static and document what it is used for so we remember it the
next time we touch it 15 years from now.

Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/base/core.c          | 4 +++-
 include/linux/device/class.h | 2 --
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index dbc2ba6dfffc..cf6f41c2060c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -2256,7 +2256,9 @@ int (*platform_notify)(struct device *dev) = NULL;
 int (*platform_notify_remove)(struct device *dev) = NULL;
 static struct kobject *dev_kobj;
 struct kobject *sysfs_dev_char_kobj;
-struct kobject *sysfs_dev_block_kobj;
+
+/* /sys/dev/block */
+static struct kobject *sysfs_dev_block_kobj;
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(device_hotplug_lock);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/device/class.h b/include/linux/device/class.h
index e946642c314e..7e4a1a6329f4 100644
--- a/include/linux/device/class.h
+++ b/include/linux/device/class.h
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ struct class_dev_iter {
 	const struct device_type	*type;
 };
 
-extern struct kobject *sysfs_dev_block_kobj;
-
 int __must_check class_register(struct class *class);
 void class_unregister(const struct class *class);
 bool class_is_registered(const struct class *class);
-- 
2.40.0