commit d6da83d072c187d6a69d5a49e2320f62920889d7
author Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Wed Jun 23 16:59:02 2021 +0200
committer Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Wed Jun 30 15:34:13 2021 -0600
tree 5905f420963664febde5084a52cf4dab20f435e1
parent bd5c39edad535d9f6ccb99633930f9f7b768593c

loop: remove the l argument to loop_add

None of the callers cares about the allocated struct loop_device.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <chaitanya.kulkarni@wdc.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210623145908.92973-4-hch@lst.de
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

drivers/block/loop.c

diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 4a3712e..d587ad21 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -2237,7 +2237,7 @@ static const struct blk_mq_ops loop_mq_ops = {
 	.complete	= lo_complete_rq,
 };
 
-static int loop_add(struct loop_device **l, int i)
+static int loop_add(int i)
 {
 	struct loop_device *lo;
 	struct gendisk *disk;
@@ -2326,7 +2326,6 @@ static int loop_add(struct loop_device **l, int i)
 	disk->queue		= lo->lo_queue;
 	sprintf(disk->disk_name, "loop%d", i);
 	add_disk(disk);
-	*l = lo;
 	return lo->lo_number;
 
 out_cleanup_tags:
@@ -2396,7 +2395,7 @@ static void loop_probe(dev_t dev)
 
 	mutex_lock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
 	if (loop_lookup(&lo, idx) < 0)
-		loop_add(&lo, idx);
+		loop_add(idx);
 	mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
 }
 
@@ -2418,7 +2417,7 @@ static long loop_control_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 			ret = -EEXIST;
 			break;
 		}
-		ret = loop_add(&lo, parm);
+		ret = loop_add(parm);
 		break;
 	case LOOP_CTL_REMOVE:
 		ret = loop_lookup(&lo, parm);
@@ -2446,7 +2445,7 @@ static long loop_control_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 		ret = loop_lookup(&lo, -1);
 		if (ret >= 0)
 			break;
-		ret = loop_add(&lo, -1);
+		ret = loop_add(-1);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
 
@@ -2473,7 +2472,6 @@ MODULE_ALIAS("devname:loop-control");
 static int __init loop_init(void)
 {
 	int i, nr;
-	struct loop_device *lo;
 	int err;
 
 	part_shift = 0;
@@ -2527,7 +2525,7 @@ static int __init loop_init(void)
 	/* pre-create number of devices given by config or max_loop */
 	mutex_lock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
 	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++)
-		loop_add(&lo, i);
+		loop_add(i);
 	mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO "loop: module loaded\n");