[PATCH] Driver Core: remove driver model detach_state

The driver model has a "detach_state" mechanism that:

 - Has never been used by any in-kernel drive;
 - Is superfluous, since driver remove() methods can do the same thing;
 - Became buggy when the suspend() parameter changed semantics and type;
 - Could self-deadlock when called from certain suspend contexts;
 - Is effectively wasted documentation, object code, and headspace.

This removes that "detach_state" mechanism; net code shrink, as well
as a per-device saving in the driver model and sysfs.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt
index e97d024eae77..988a62fae11f 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ that support it.  For example, a given bus might look like this:
      |-- 0000:17:00.0
      |   |-- class
      |   |-- config
-     |   |-- detach_state
      |   |-- device
      |   |-- irq
      |   |-- local_cpus
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ that support it.  For example, a given bus might look like this:
      |   |-- subsystem_device
      |   |-- subsystem_vendor
      |   `-- vendor
-     `-- detach_state
+     `-- ...
 
 The topmost element describes the PCI domain and bus number.  In this case,
 the domain number is 0000 and the bus number is 17 (both values are in hex).
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ files, each with their own function.
        ----                --------
        class               PCI class (ascii, ro)
        config              PCI config space (binary, rw)
-       detach_state        connection status (bool, rw)
        device              PCI device (ascii, ro)
        irq                 IRQ number (ascii, ro)
        local_cpus          nearby CPU mask (cpumask, ro)
@@ -85,4 +83,4 @@ useful return codes should be provided.
 
 Legacy resources are protected by the HAVE_PCI_LEGACY define.  Platforms
 wishing to support legacy functionality should define it and provide
-pci_legacy_read, pci_legacy_write and pci_mmap_legacy_page_range functions.
\ No newline at end of file
+pci_legacy_read, pci_legacy_write and pci_mmap_legacy_page_range functions.