linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] driver core: remove device_change

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Message-ID: <2026020543-molar-childcare-af20@gregkh>
Date: Thu,  5 Feb 2026 14:09:43 +0100
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: rafael@...nel.org,
	dakr@...nel.org
Cc: driver-core@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] driver core: remove device_change_owner() export

The function, device_change_owner() is exported for modules to use,
but there are no in-kernel users of it, so remove the export to prevent
out-of-tree code from thinking this is a safe function to call.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/base/core.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 40de2f51a1b1..f599a1384eec 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -4781,7 +4781,6 @@ int device_change_owner(struct device *dev, kuid_t kuid, kgid_t kgid)
 	put_device(dev);
 	return error;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_change_owner);
 
 /**
  * device_shutdown - call ->shutdown() on each device to shutdown.
-- 
2.53.0