From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 00:48:56 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: Revert "char: misc: document behaviour of open()"
X-Git-Url: http://drtracing.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1b6f47537c86494bb525c31e695ae3a1dfd953ca;p=deliverable%2Flinux.git

Revert "char: misc: document behaviour of open()"

This reverts commit 965ab29ba09d75056a6c9b0f707cd1c2cc91188f.

This is causing way more problems than it is worth.

Cc: Martin Kepplinger <martink@posteo.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c
index 69a08a6b43aa..205ad4c58470 100644
--- a/drivers/char/misc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/misc.c
@@ -169,9 +169,7 @@ static const struct file_operations misc_fops = {
  *	the minor number requested is used.
  *
  *	The structure passed is linked into the kernel and may not be
- *	destroyed until it has been unregistered. By default, an open()
- *	syscall to the device sets file->private_data to point to the
- *	structure.
+ *	destroyed until it has been unregistered.
  *
  *	A zero is returned on success and a negative errno code for
  *	failure.