[PATCH] pcmcia: remove dev_list from drivers

The linked list of devices managed by each PCMCIA driver is, in very most
cases, unused. Therefore, remove it from many drivers.

Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hisax/elsa_cs.c b/drivers/isdn/hisax/elsa_cs.c
index 48cc677249f1..a0c5bad7bc6b 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hisax/elsa_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hisax/elsa_cs.c
@@ -126,18 +126,7 @@ static dev_info_t dev_info = "elsa_cs";
    device numbers are used to derive the corresponding array index.
 */
 
-static dev_link_t *dev_list = NULL;
-
 /*
-   A dev_link_t structure has fields for most things that are needed
-   to keep track of a socket, but there will usually be some device
-   specific information that also needs to be kept track of.  The
-   'priv' pointer in a dev_link_t structure can be used to point to
-   a device-specific private data structure, like this.
-
-   To simplify the data structure handling, we actually include the
-   dev_link_t structure in the device's private data structure.
-
    A driver needs to provide a dev_node_t structure for each device
    on a card.  In some cases, there is only one device per card (for
    example, ethernet cards, modems).  In other cases, there may be
@@ -208,8 +197,7 @@ static dev_link_t *elsa_cs_attach(void)
     link->conf.IntType = INT_MEMORY_AND_IO;
 
     /* Register with Card Services */
-    link->next = dev_list;
-    dev_list = link;
+    link->next = NULL;
     client_reg.dev_info = &dev_info;
     client_reg.Version = 0x0210;
     client_reg.event_callback_args.client_data = link;
@@ -235,24 +223,15 @@ static dev_link_t *elsa_cs_attach(void)
 static void elsa_cs_detach(struct pcmcia_device *p_dev)
 {
     dev_link_t *link = dev_to_instance(p_dev);
-    dev_link_t **linkp;
     local_info_t *info = link->priv;
 
     DEBUG(0, "elsa_cs_detach(0x%p)\n", link);
 
-    /* Locate device structure */
-    for (linkp = &dev_list; *linkp; linkp = &(*linkp)->next)
-        if (*linkp == link) break;
-    if (*linkp == NULL)
-        return;
-
     if (link->state & DEV_CONFIG) {
-        ((local_info_t*)link->priv)->busy = 1;
-        elsa_cs_release(link);
+            info->busy = 1;
+            elsa_cs_release(link);
     }
 
-    /* Unlink device structure and free it */
-    *linkp = link->next;
     kfree(info);
 
 } /* elsa_cs_detach */
@@ -526,7 +505,6 @@ static int __init init_elsa_cs(void)
 static void __exit exit_elsa_cs(void)
 {
         pcmcia_unregister_driver(&elsa_cs_driver);
-        BUG_ON(dev_list != NULL);
 }
 
 module_init(init_elsa_cs);