[PATCH 098/141] staging: unisys: visorchipset: Remove unused cache allocator
Benjamin Romer
benjamin.romer at unisys.com
Tue May 5 22:37:15 UTC 2015
From: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen at redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen at redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Romer <benjamin.romer at unisys.com>
---
drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.c | 39 --------------------------
1 file changed, 39 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.c
index ac75ddf..ca22f49 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.c
@@ -2223,45 +2223,6 @@ visorchipset_set_device_context(u32 bus_no, u32 dev_no, void *context)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(visorchipset_set_device_context);
-/* Generic wrapper function for allocating memory from a kmem_cache pool.
- */
-void *
-visorchipset_cache_alloc(struct kmem_cache *pool, bool ok_to_block,
- char *fn, int ln)
-{
- gfp_t gfp;
- void *p;
-
- if (ok_to_block)
- gfp = GFP_KERNEL;
- else
- gfp = GFP_ATOMIC;
- /* __GFP_NORETRY means "ok to fail", meaning
- * kmem_cache_alloc() can return NULL, implying the caller CAN
- * cope with failure. If you do NOT specify __GFP_NORETRY,
- * Linux will go to extreme measures to get memory for you
- * (like, invoke oom killer), which will probably cripple the
- * system.
- */
- gfp |= __GFP_NORETRY;
- p = kmem_cache_alloc(pool, gfp);
- if (!p)
- return NULL;
-
- return p;
-}
-
-/* Generic wrapper function for freeing memory from a kmem_cache pool.
- */
-void
-visorchipset_cache_free(struct kmem_cache *pool, void *p, char *fn, int ln)
-{
- if (!p)
- return;
-
- kmem_cache_free(pool, p);
-}
-
static ssize_t chipsetready_store(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr,
const char *buf, size_t count)
--
2.1.4
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