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SubjectRe: [PATCH] driver core: move sysfs_dev_char_kobj out of class.h
On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 6:03 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> The structure sysfs_dev_char_kobj is local only to the driver core code,
> so move it out of the global class.h file and into the internal base.h
> file as no one else should be touching this symbol.

Good idea.

> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

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

> ---
> drivers/base/base.h | 3 +++
> include/linux/device/class.h | 1 -
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/base.h b/drivers/base/base.h
> index 6659cf1d3a44..6296164bb7f3 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/base.h
> +++ b/drivers/base/base.h
> @@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ const char *device_get_devnode(const struct device *dev, umode_t *mode,
> extern struct kset *devices_kset;
> void devices_kset_move_last(struct device *dev);
>
> +/* /sys/dev/char directory */
> +extern struct kobject *sysfs_dev_char_kobj;
> +
> #if defined(CONFIG_MODULES) && defined(CONFIG_SYSFS)
> void module_add_driver(struct module *mod, struct device_driver *drv);
> void module_remove_driver(struct device_driver *drv);
> diff --git a/include/linux/device/class.h b/include/linux/device/class.h
> index af7fefc39364..f7aad64e256a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/device/class.h
> +++ b/include/linux/device/class.h
> @@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ struct class_dev_iter {
> };
>
> extern struct kobject *sysfs_dev_block_kobj;
> -extern struct kobject *sysfs_dev_char_kobj;
>
> int __must_check class_register(struct class *class);
> void class_unregister(const struct class *class);
> --
> 2.40.0
>

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