kobject: remove kset_find_obj_hinted()
Now that there are no in-kernel users of this function, remove it as it
is no longer needed.
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index ad81e1c..fc615a9 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -191,8 +191,6 @@
}
extern struct kobject *kset_find_obj(struct kset *, const char *);
-extern struct kobject *kset_find_obj_hinted(struct kset *, const char *,
- struct kobject *);
/* The global /sys/kernel/ kobject for people to chain off of */
extern struct kobject *kernel_kobj;
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 640bd98..c33d7a1 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -746,43 +746,11 @@
*/
struct kobject *kset_find_obj(struct kset *kset, const char *name)
{
- return kset_find_obj_hinted(kset, name, NULL);
-}
-
-/**
- * kset_find_obj_hinted - search for object in kset given a predecessor hint.
- * @kset: kset we're looking in.
- * @name: object's name.
- * @hint: hint to possible object's predecessor.
- *
- * Check the hint's next object and if it is a match return it directly,
- * otherwise, fall back to the behavior of kset_find_obj(). Either way
- * a reference for the returned object is held and the reference on the
- * hinted object is released.
- */
-struct kobject *kset_find_obj_hinted(struct kset *kset, const char *name,
- struct kobject *hint)
-{
struct kobject *k;
struct kobject *ret = NULL;
spin_lock(&kset->list_lock);
- if (!hint)
- goto slow_search;
-
- /* end of list detection */
- if (hint->entry.next == kset->list.next)
- goto slow_search;
-
- k = container_of(hint->entry.next, struct kobject, entry);
- if (!kobject_name(k) || strcmp(kobject_name(k), name))
- goto slow_search;
-
- ret = kobject_get(k);
- goto unlock_exit;
-
-slow_search:
list_for_each_entry(k, &kset->list, entry) {
if (kobject_name(k) && !strcmp(kobject_name(k), name)) {
ret = kobject_get(k);
@@ -790,12 +758,7 @@
}
}
-unlock_exit:
spin_unlock(&kset->list_lock);
-
- if (hint)
- kobject_put(hint);
-
return ret;
}