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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/misc.c9
-rw-r--r--drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c4
-rw-r--r--drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c7
-rw-r--r--drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1374.c5
-rw-r--r--drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c7
-rw-r--r--drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_test.c3
-rw-r--r--drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/module.c4
-rw-r--r--drivers/vhost/scsi.c4
-rw-r--r--drivers/watchdog/at91rm9200_wdt.c5
-rw-r--r--drivers/watchdog/ks8695_wdt.c9
-rw-r--r--drivers/watchdog/ts72xx_wdt.c3
-rw-r--r--fs/btrfs/super.c3
-rw-r--r--fs/dlm/plock.c3
-rw-r--r--fs/dlm/user.c9
-rw-r--r--fs/ocfs2/stack_user.c9
-rw-r--r--include/linux/miscdevice.h2
16 files changed, 27 insertions, 59 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c
index c83ef9652bc9..8069b361b8dd 100644
--- a/drivers/char/misc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/misc.c
@@ -243,17 +243,15 @@ int misc_register(struct miscdevice * misc)
* @misc: device to unregister
*
* Unregister a miscellaneous device that was previously
- * successfully registered with misc_register(). Success
- * is indicated by a zero return, a negative errno code
- * indicates an error.
+ * successfully registered with misc_register().
*/
-int misc_deregister(struct miscdevice *misc)
+void misc_deregister(struct miscdevice *misc)
{
int i = DYNAMIC_MINORS - misc->minor - 1;
if (WARN_ON(list_empty(&misc->list)))
- return -EINVAL;
+ return;
mutex_lock(&misc_mtx);
list_del(&misc->list);
@@ -261,7 +259,6 @@ int misc_deregister(struct miscdevice *misc)
if (i < DYNAMIC_MINORS && i >= 0)
clear_bit(i, misc_minors);
mutex_unlock(&misc_mtx);
- return 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(misc_register);
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
index 720ceeb7fa9b..80a439543259 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -1919,9 +1919,7 @@ int __init dm_interface_init(void)
void dm_interface_exit(void)
{
- if (misc_deregister(&_dm_misc) < 0)
- DMERR("misc_deregister failed for control device");
-
+ misc_deregister(&_dm_misc);
dm_hash_exit();
}
diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c b/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c
index a721b5d8a9da..9ec262a52656 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c
@@ -1031,14 +1031,9 @@ int __init vmci_host_init(void)
void __exit vmci_host_exit(void)
{
- int error;
-
vmci_host_device_initialized = false;
- error = misc_deregister(&vmci_host_miscdev);
- if (error)
- pr_warn("Error unregistering character device: %d\n", error);
-
+ misc_deregister(&vmci_host_miscdev);
vmci_ctx_destroy(host_context);
vmci_qp_broker_exit();
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1374.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1374.c
index 167783fa7ac1..72c933375233 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1374.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1374.c
@@ -666,9 +666,8 @@ static int ds1374_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
#ifdef CONFIG_RTC_DRV_DS1374_WDT
int res;
- res = misc_deregister(&ds1374_miscdev);
- if (!res)
- ds1374_miscdev.parent = NULL;
+ misc_deregister(&ds1374_miscdev);
+ ds1374_miscdev.parent = NULL;
unregister_reboot_notifier(&ds1374_wdt_notifier);
#endif
diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
index c5c037ccf32c..2c75d90b26c8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
@@ -863,14 +863,9 @@ static int __init ashmem_init(void)
static void __exit ashmem_exit(void)
{
- int ret;
-
unregister_shrinker(&ashmem_shrinker);
- ret = misc_deregister(&ashmem_misc);
- if (unlikely(ret))
- pr_err("failed to unregister misc device!\n");
-
+ misc_deregister(&ashmem_misc);
kmem_cache_destroy(ashmem_range_cachep);
kmem_cache_destroy(ashmem_area_cachep);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_test.c b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_test.c
index 7d6e6b6bc894..b8dcf5a26cc4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_test.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_test.c
@@ -269,7 +269,8 @@ static int ion_test_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (!testdev)
return -ENODATA;
- return misc_deregister(&testdev->misc);
+ misc_deregister(&testdev->misc);
+ return 0;
}
static struct platform_device *ion_test_pdev;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/module.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/module.c
index e60b2e9b9194..e7074006e41b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/module.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/module.c
@@ -467,9 +467,7 @@ static void exit_libcfs_module(void)
cfs_crypto_unregister();
cfs_wi_shutdown();
- rc = misc_deregister(&libcfs_dev);
- if (rc)
- CERROR("misc_deregister error %d\n", rc);
+ misc_deregister(&libcfs_dev);
cfs_cpu_fini();
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
index dfcc02c93648..f114a9dbb48f 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
@@ -1573,9 +1573,9 @@ static int __init vhost_scsi_register(void)
return misc_register(&vhost_scsi_misc);
}
-static int vhost_scsi_deregister(void)
+static void vhost_scsi_deregister(void)
{
- return misc_deregister(&vhost_scsi_misc);
+ misc_deregister(&vhost_scsi_misc);
}
static char *vhost_scsi_dump_proto_id(struct vhost_scsi_tport *tport)
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/at91rm9200_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/at91rm9200_wdt.c
index 41cecb55766c..9ba1153465ae 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/at91rm9200_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/at91rm9200_wdt.c
@@ -269,9 +269,8 @@ static int at91wdt_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (res)
dev_warn(dev, "failed to unregister restart handler\n");
- res = misc_deregister(&at91wdt_miscdev);
- if (!res)
- at91wdt_miscdev.parent = NULL;
+ misc_deregister(&at91wdt_miscdev);
+ at91wdt_miscdev.parent = NULL;
return res;
}
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ks8695_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ks8695_wdt.c
index b7ea39b455c8..1e41818a44bc 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ks8695_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ks8695_wdt.c
@@ -254,13 +254,10 @@ static int ks8695wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
static int ks8695wdt_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
- int res;
-
- res = misc_deregister(&ks8695wdt_miscdev);
- if (!res)
- ks8695wdt_miscdev.parent = NULL;
+ misc_deregister(&ks8695wdt_miscdev);
+ ks8695wdt_miscdev.parent = NULL;
- return res;
+ return 0;
}
static void ks8695wdt_shutdown(struct platform_device *pdev)
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ts72xx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ts72xx_wdt.c
index 119beb7f6017..4b541934b6c5 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ts72xx_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ts72xx_wdt.c
@@ -428,7 +428,8 @@ static int ts72xx_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
static int ts72xx_wdt_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
- return misc_deregister(&ts72xx_wdt_miscdev);
+ misc_deregister(&ts72xx_wdt_miscdev);
+ return 0;
}
static struct platform_driver ts72xx_wdt_driver = {
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index cd7ef34d2dce..6bad63379a4c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -2163,8 +2163,7 @@ static int btrfs_interface_init(void)
static void btrfs_interface_exit(void)
{
- if (misc_deregister(&btrfs_misc) < 0)
- printk(KERN_INFO "BTRFS: misc_deregister failed for control device\n");
+ misc_deregister(&btrfs_misc);
}
static void btrfs_print_info(void)
diff --git a/fs/dlm/plock.c b/fs/dlm/plock.c
index e0ab3a93eeff..5532f097f6da 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/plock.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/plock.c
@@ -509,7 +509,6 @@ int dlm_plock_init(void)
void dlm_plock_exit(void)
{
- if (misc_deregister(&plock_dev_misc) < 0)
- log_print("dlm_plock_exit: misc_deregister failed");
+ misc_deregister(&plock_dev_misc);
}
diff --git a/fs/dlm/user.c b/fs/dlm/user.c
index fb85f32e9eca..75ecc0d3bc85 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/user.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/user.c
@@ -362,18 +362,15 @@ fail:
int dlm_device_deregister(struct dlm_ls *ls)
{
- int error;
-
/* The device is not registered. This happens when the lockspace
was never used from userspace, or when device_create_lockspace()
calls dlm_release_lockspace() after the register fails. */
if (!ls->ls_device.name)
return 0;
- error = misc_deregister(&ls->ls_device);
- if (!error)
- kfree(ls->ls_device.name);
- return error;
+ misc_deregister(&ls->ls_device);
+ kfree(ls->ls_device.name);
+ return 0;
}
static int device_user_purge(struct dlm_user_proc *proc,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/stack_user.c b/fs/ocfs2/stack_user.c
index 2768eb1da2b8..ced70c8139f7 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/stack_user.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/stack_user.c
@@ -655,14 +655,7 @@ static int ocfs2_control_init(void)
static void ocfs2_control_exit(void)
{
- int rc;
-
- rc = misc_deregister(&ocfs2_control_device);
- if (rc)
- printk(KERN_ERR
- "ocfs2: Unable to deregister ocfs2_control device "
- "(errno %d)\n",
- -rc);
+ misc_deregister(&ocfs2_control_device);
}
static void fsdlm_lock_ast_wrapper(void *astarg)
diff --git a/include/linux/miscdevice.h b/include/linux/miscdevice.h
index 819077c32690..81f6e427ba6b 100644
--- a/include/linux/miscdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/miscdevice.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ struct miscdevice {
};
extern int misc_register(struct miscdevice *misc);
-extern int misc_deregister(struct miscdevice *misc);
+extern void misc_deregister(struct miscdevice *misc);
#define MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(minor) \
MODULE_ALIAS("char-major-" __stringify(MISC_MAJOR) \
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