kobject: unexport kobject_create() in kobject.h
authorQu Wenruo <wqu@suse.com>
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 09:30:44 +0000 (17:30 +0800)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:28:32 +0000 (11:28 +0200)
commit8988bacd6045adf39719e5057e43170f83bd1709
treebd9e6cead1f4658c75c943f96edf21f67701cc37
parent6880fa6c56601bb8ed59df6c30fd390cc5f6dd8f
kobject: unexport kobject_create() in kobject.h

The function kobject_create() is only used by one caller,
kobject_create_and_add(), no other driver uses it, nor is exported to
other modules.

However it's still exported in kobject.h, and can sometimes confuse
users of kobject.h.

Since all users should call kobject_create_and_add(), or if extra
attributes are needed, should alloc the memory manually then call
kobject_init_and_add().

Signed-off-by: Qu Wenruo <wqu@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210831093044.110729-1-wqu@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
include/linux/kobject.h
lib/kobject.c