[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, 1 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_cs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_cs.c
index 866142af7d92..195a5bf3d725 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_cs.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 
 static char *version = PRISM2_VERSION " (Jouni Malinen <jkmaline@cc.hut.fi>)";
 static dev_info_t dev_info = "hostap_cs";
-static dev_link_t *dev_list = NULL;
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Jouni Malinen");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Support for Intersil Prism2-based 802.11 wireless LAN "
@@ -520,8 +519,7 @@ static dev_link_t *prism2_attach(void)
         link->conf.IntType = INT_MEMORY_AND_IO;
 
         /* register with CardServices */
-        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;
@@ -538,24 +536,13 @@ static dev_link_t *prism2_attach(void)
 static void prism2_detach(struct pcmcia_device *p_dev)
 {
         dev_link_t *link = dev_to_instance(p_dev);
-        dev_link_t **linkp;
 
         PDEBUG(DEBUG_FLOW, "prism2_detach\n");
 
-        for (linkp = &dev_list; *linkp; linkp = &(*linkp)->next)
-                if (*linkp == link)
-                        break;
-        if (*linkp == NULL) {
-                printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Attempt to detach non-existing "
-                       "PCMCIA client\n", dev_info);
-                return;
-        }
-
         if (link->state & DEV_CONFIG) {
                 prism2_release((u_long)link);
         }
 
-        *linkp = link->next;
         /* release net devices */
         if (link->priv) {
                 struct hostap_cs_priv *hw_priv;