linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] driver core: remove incorrect comment for device

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Message-ID: <CAJZ5v0iWdnh+OZqDsVjORfxa1mcqS_YUfQXoEFgL=UCLFL0UGg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 3 Apr 2023 19:54:25 +0200
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver core: remove incorrect comment for device_create*

On Sun, Apr 2, 2023 at 11:11 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> The device_create() and device_create_with_groups() function comments
> incorrectly state that they only work with a struct class that was
> created using class_create(), but that is not true now and I am not sure
> if it ever was.  So just remove the comment as it's not needed now.
>
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@...nel.org>

> ---
>  drivers/base/core.c | 6 ------
>  1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
> index 3ee5d206e7eb..7a42d1b6b721 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/core.c
> @@ -4330,9 +4330,6 @@ device_create_groups_vargs(const struct class *class, struct device *parent,
>   * pointer.
>   *
>   * Returns &struct device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
> - *
> - * Note: the struct class passed to this function must have previously
> - * been created with a call to class_create().
>   */
>  struct device *device_create(const struct class *class, struct device *parent,
>                              dev_t devt, void *drvdata, const char *fmt, ...)
> @@ -4371,9 +4368,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_create);
>   * pointer.
>   *
>   * Returns &struct device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
> - *
> - * Note: the struct class passed to this function must have previously
> - * been created with a call to class_create().
>   */
>  struct device *device_create_with_groups(const struct class *class,
>                                          struct device *parent, dev_t devt,
> --
> 2.40.0
>