kobject_add() will setup the kobject parent correctly. This patch removes the redundant code.
Tested on Lenovo T420. Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <weiy...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Ram Pai <linux...@us.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Gavin Shan <sha...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- drivers/base/core.c | 4 +--- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c index 5e6e00b..37d0ea8 100644 --- a/drivers/base/core.c +++ b/drivers/base/core.c @@ -992,8 +992,6 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev) parent = get_device(dev->parent); kobj = get_device_parent(dev, parent); - if (kobj) - dev->kobj.parent = kobj; /* use parent numa_node */ if (parent) @@ -1001,7 +999,7 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev) /* first, register with generic layer. */ /* we require the name to be set before, and pass NULL */ - error = kobject_add(&dev->kobj, dev->kobj.parent, NULL); + error = kobject_add(&dev->kobj, kobj, NULL); if (error) goto Error; -- 1.7.5.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/