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>
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index ea53b30..4a56f51 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ static struct kobj_type dynamic_kobj_ktype = {
* call to kobject_put() and not kfree(), as kobject_init() has
* already been called on this structure.
*/
-struct kobject *kobject_create(void)
+static struct kobject *kobject_create(void)
{
struct kobject *kobj;
