[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, 22 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/atmel_cs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/atmel_cs.c
index 3ab33dd49ea2..32f009709355 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/atmel_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/atmel_cs.c
@@ -130,15 +130,7 @@ static dev_info_t dev_info = "atmel_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.
-
    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
@@ -213,8 +205,7 @@ static dev_link_t *atmel_attach(void)
         link->priv = local;
         
         /* 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;
@@ -240,21 +231,12 @@ static dev_link_t *atmel_attach(void)
 static void atmel_detach(struct pcmcia_device *p_dev)
 {
         dev_link_t *link = dev_to_instance(p_dev);
-        dev_link_t **linkp;
-        
+
         DEBUG(0, "atmel_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)
                 atmel_release(link);
-                
-        /* Unlink device structure, free pieces */
-        *linkp = link->next;
+
         kfree(link->priv);
         kfree(link);
 }
@@ -596,7 +578,6 @@ static int atmel_cs_init(void)
 static void atmel_cs_cleanup(void)
 {
         pcmcia_unregister_driver(&atmel_driver);
-        BUG_ON(dev_list != NULL);
 }
 
 /*