sysfs: kill unnecessary attribute->owner

[deliverable/linux.git] / include / linux / sysfs.h

diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index 2f86b080b39d0828c4a87f8e830ef42513d14064..161e19aa2b4f042928bcc4f2b26e674c3de9f051 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -20,9 +20,13 @@ struct module;
 struct nameidata;
 struct dentry;
 
+/* FIXME
+ * The *owner field is no longer used, but leave around
+ * until the tree gets cleaned up fully.
+ */
 struct attribute {
        const char              * name;
-       struct module           * owner;
+       struct module           * owner;
        mode_t                  mode;
 };
 
@@ -39,14 +43,14 @@ struct attribute_group {
  */
 
 #define __ATTR(_name,_mode,_show,_store) { \
-       .attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode, .owner = THIS_MODULE },     \
+       .attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode },   \
        .show   = _show,                                        \
        .store  = _store,                                       \
 }
 
 #define __ATTR_RO(_name) { \
-       .attr   = { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = 0444, .owner = THIS_MODULE },   \
-       .show   = _name##_show, \
+       .attr   = { .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = 0444 }, \
+       .show   = _name##_show,                                 \
 }
 
 #define __ATTR_NULL { .attr = { .name = NULL } }