1 files changed, 15 insertions, 30 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index e3fb87bfc6e..0455aa78fa1 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -310,6 +310,9 @@ static ssize_t store_uevent(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
         return count;
 }
 
+static struct device_attribute uevent_attr =
+        __ATTR(uevent, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, show_uevent, store_uevent);
+
 static int device_add_attributes(struct device *dev,
                                  struct device_attribute *attrs)
 {
@@ -423,6 +426,9 @@ static ssize_t show_dev(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
         return print_dev_t(buf, dev->devt);
 }
 
+static struct device_attribute devt_attr =
+        __ATTR(dev, S_IRUGO, show_dev, NULL);
+
 /*
  *      devices_subsys - structure to be registered with kobject core.
  */
@@ -681,31 +687,14 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
                 blocking_notifier_call_chain(&dev->bus->bus_notifier,
                                              BUS_NOTIFY_ADD_DEVICE, dev);
 
-        dev->uevent_attr.attr.name = "uevent";
-        dev->uevent_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR;
-        dev->uevent_attr.store = store_uevent;
-        dev->uevent_attr.show = show_uevent;
-        error = device_create_file(dev, &dev->uevent_attr);
+        error = device_create_file(dev, &uevent_attr);
         if (error)
                 goto attrError;
 
         if (MAJOR(dev->devt)) {
-                struct device_attribute *attr;
-                attr = kzalloc(sizeof(*attr), GFP_KERNEL);
-                if (!attr) {
-                        error = -ENOMEM;
-                        goto ueventattrError;
-                }
-                attr->attr.name = "dev";
-                attr->attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
-                attr->show = show_dev;
-                error = device_create_file(dev, attr);
-                if (error) {
-                        kfree(attr);
+                error = device_create_file(dev, &devt_attr);
+                if (error)
                         goto ueventattrError;
-                }
-
-                dev->devt_attr = attr;
         }
 
         if (dev->class) {
@@ -766,10 +755,8 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
                                              BUS_NOTIFY_DEL_DEVICE, dev);
         device_remove_attrs(dev);
  AttrsError:
-        if (dev->devt_attr) {
-                device_remove_file(dev, dev->devt_attr);
-                kfree(dev->devt_attr);
-        }
+        if (MAJOR(dev->devt))
+                device_remove_file(dev, &devt_attr);
 
         if (dev->class) {
                 sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "subsystem");
@@ -791,7 +778,7 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
                 }
         }
  ueventattrError:
-        device_remove_file(dev, &dev->uevent_attr);
+        device_remove_file(dev, &uevent_attr);
  attrError:
         kobject_uevent(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
         kobject_del(&dev->kobj);
@@ -868,10 +855,8 @@ void device_del(struct device * dev)
 
         if (parent)
                 klist_del(&dev->knode_parent);
-        if (dev->devt_attr) {
-                device_remove_file(dev, dev->devt_attr);
-                kfree(dev->devt_attr);
-        }
+        if (MAJOR(dev->devt))
+                device_remove_file(dev, &devt_attr);
         if (dev->class) {
                 sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "subsystem");
                 /* If this is not a "fake" compatible device, remove the
@@ -925,7 +910,7 @@ void device_del(struct device * dev)
                         up(&dev->class->sem);
                 }
         }
-        device_remove_file(dev, &dev->uevent_attr);
+        device_remove_file(dev, &uevent_attr);
         device_remove_attrs(dev);
         bus_remove_device(dev);