4 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index 0ef00e8d4153..e085af0ff94f 100644
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ int class_register(struct class *cls)
 
         pr_debug("device class '%s': registering\n", cls->name);
 
-        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cls->children);
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cls->devices);
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cls->interfaces);
         kset_init(&cls->class_dirs);
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index be288b5e4180..3eeac5a78581 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -1218,13 +1218,11 @@ int device_rename(struct device *dev, char *new_name)
         }
 #else
         if (dev->class) {
-                sysfs_remove_link(&dev->class->subsys.kobj, old_device_name);
                 error = sysfs_create_link(&dev->class->subsys.kobj, &dev->kobj,
                                           dev->bus_id);
-                if (error) {
-                        dev_err(dev, "%s: sysfs_create_symlink failed (%d)\n",
-                                __func__, error);
-                }
+                if (error)
+                        goto out;
+                sysfs_remove_link(&dev->class->subsys.kobj, old_device_name);
         }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index 8ce6de5a7e28..937e8258981d 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -53,11 +53,13 @@ int register_memory_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
 {
         return blocking_notifier_chain_register(&memory_chain, nb);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_memory_notifier);
 
 void unregister_memory_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
 {
         blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(&memory_chain, nb);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_memory_notifier);
 
 /*
  * register_memory - Setup a sysfs device for a memory block
diff --git a/drivers/base/sys.c b/drivers/base/sys.c
index 4fbb56bcb1ee..358bb0be3c08 100644
--- a/drivers/base/sys.c
+++ b/drivers/base/sys.c
@@ -175,8 +175,7 @@ int sysdev_driver_register(struct sysdev_class *cls, struct sysdev_driver *drv)
         }
 
         /* Check whether this driver has already been added to a class. */
-        if ((drv->entry.next != drv->entry.prev) ||
-            (drv->entry.next != NULL)) {
+        if (drv->entry.next && !list_empty(&drv->entry)) {
                 printk(KERN_WARNING "sysdev: class %s: driver (%p) has already"
                         " been registered to a class, something is wrong, but "
                         "will forge on!\n", cls->name, drv);