linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/9] efi: Remove redundant creation of the "efivars" platform device

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Message-Id: <20250317-plat2faux_dev-v1-3-5fe67c085ad5@arm.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 10:13:15 +0000
From: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>, 
 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, 
 Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/9] efi: Remove redundant creation of the "efivars"
 platform device

The "efivars" platform device is created but never tracked or used,
as there is no driver associated with it. Since this device serves
no functional purpose, removing its creation without affecting any
functionality.

Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-efi@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
---
 drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
index 7309394b8fc98cf7a3424af209b752f0251c8c89..eec173cb1f398d3b4f28b42c917e50e1728dc277 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
@@ -446,7 +446,6 @@ static int __init efisubsys_init(void)
 		error = efivar_ssdt_load();
 		if (error)
 			pr_err("efi: failed to load SSDT, error %d.\n", error);
-		platform_device_register_simple("efivars", 0, NULL, 0);
 	}
 
 	BLOCKING_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&efivar_ops_nh);

-- 
2.34.1