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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/misc.c9
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c
index 96eb2a709e2..71e51377104 100644
--- a/drivers/char/misc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/misc.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ int misc_register(struct miscdevice * misc)
{
struct miscdevice *c;
dev_t dev;
- int err;
+ int err = 0;
down(&misc_sem);
list_for_each_entry(c, &misc_list, list) {
@@ -241,13 +241,6 @@ int misc_register(struct miscdevice * misc)
goto out;
}
- err = devfs_mk_cdev(dev, S_IFCHR|S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR|S_IRGRP,
- misc->devfs_name);
- if (err) {
- class_device_destroy(misc_class, dev);
- goto out;
- }
-
/*
* Add it to the front, so that later devices can "override"
* earlier defaults