1 files changed, 22 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_sysfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_sysfs.c
index 0f6cd33b531f..f08873f6489c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_sysfs.c
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ static struct device_type drm_sysfs_device_minor = {
         .name = "drm_minor"
 };
 
+struct class *drm_class;
+
 /**
  * __drm_class_suspend - internal DRM class suspend routine
  * @dev: Linux device to suspend
@@ -112,41 +114,34 @@ static CLASS_ATTR_STRING(version, S_IRUGO,
                 CORE_DATE);
 
 /**
- * drm_sysfs_create - create a struct drm_sysfs_class structure
- * @owner: pointer to the module that is to "own" this struct drm_sysfs_class
- * @name: pointer to a string for the name of this class.
+ * drm_sysfs_init - initialize sysfs helpers
+ *
+ * This is used to create the DRM class, which is the implicit parent of any
+ * other top-level DRM sysfs objects.
  *
- * This is used to create DRM class pointer that can then be used
- * in calls to drm_sysfs_device_add().
+ * You must call drm_sysfs_destroy() to release the allocated resources.
  *
- * Note, the pointer created here is to be destroyed when finished by making a
- * call to drm_sysfs_destroy().
+ * Return: 0 on success, negative error code on failure.
  */
-struct class *drm_sysfs_create(struct module *owner, char *name)
+int drm_sysfs_init(void)
 {
-        struct class *class;
         int err;
 
-        class = class_create(owner, name);
-        if (IS_ERR(class)) {
-                err = PTR_ERR(class);
-                goto err_out;
-        }
-
-        class->pm = &drm_class_dev_pm_ops;
+        drm_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "drm");
+        if (IS_ERR(drm_class))
+                return PTR_ERR(drm_class);
 
-        err = class_create_file(class, &class_attr_version.attr);
-        if (err)
-                goto err_out_class;
+        drm_class->pm = &drm_class_dev_pm_ops;
 
-        class->devnode = drm_devnode;
-
-        return class;
+        err = class_create_file(drm_class, &class_attr_version.attr);
+        if (err) {
+                class_destroy(drm_class);
+                drm_class = NULL;
+                return err;
+        }
 
-err_out_class:
-        class_destroy(class);
-err_out:
-        return ERR_PTR(err);
+        drm_class->devnode = drm_devnode;
+        return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -156,7 +151,7 @@ err_out:
  */
 void drm_sysfs_destroy(void)
 {
-        if ((drm_class == NULL) || (IS_ERR(drm_class)))
+        if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(drm_class))
                 return;
         class_remove_file(drm_class, &class_attr_version.attr);
         class_destroy(drm_class);