[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, 15 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/sl811_cs.c b/drivers/usb/host/sl811_cs.c
index ed3e7014dbbc..439709670d0b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/sl811_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/sl811_cs.c
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ module_param(pc_debug, int, 0644);
 
 static const char driver_name[DEV_NAME_LEN]  = "sl811_cs";
 
-static dev_link_t *dev_list = NULL;
-
 typedef struct local_info_t {
         dev_link_t              link;
         dev_node_t              node;
@@ -143,24 +141,13 @@ static int sl811_hc_init(struct device *parent, ioaddr_t base_addr, int irq)
 static void sl811_cs_detach(struct pcmcia_device *p_dev)
 {
         dev_link_t *link = dev_to_instance(p_dev);
-        dev_link_t **linkp;
 
         DBG(0, "sl811_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;
-
         link->state &= ~DEV_PRESENT;
         if (link->state & DEV_CONFIG)
                 sl811_cs_release(link);
 
-        /* Unlink device structure, and free it */
-        *linkp = link->next;
         /* This points to the parent local_info_t struct */
         kfree(link->priv);
 }
@@ -378,8 +365,7 @@ static dev_link_t *sl811_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_t *) &driver_name;
         client_reg.Attributes = INFO_IO_CLIENT | INFO_CARD_SHARE;
         client_reg.Version = 0x0210;