remoteproc: remove the get_by_name/put API

Remove rproc_get_by_name() and rproc_put(), and the associated
remoteproc infrastructure that supports it (i.e. klist and friends),
because:

1. No one uses them
2. Using them is highly discouraged, and any potential user
   will be deeply scrutinized and encouraged to move.

If a user, that absolutely can't live with the direct boot/shutdown
model, does show up one day, then bringing this functionality back
is going to be trivial.

At this point though, keeping this functionality around is way too
much of a maintenance burden.

Cc: Sjur Brændeland <sjur.brandeland@stericsson.com>
Cc: Loic Pallardy <loic.pallardy@stericsson.com>
Cc: Ludovic BARRE <ludovic.barre@stericsson.com>
Cc: Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>
Cc: Fernando Guzman Lugo <fernando.lugo@ti.com>
Cc: Suman Anna <s-anna@ti.com>
Cc: Mark Grosen <mgrosen@ti.com>
Acked-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@wizery.com>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/remoteproc.txt b/Documentation/remoteproc.txt
index ad6ded4bca5..f33c3bbbc86 100644
--- a/Documentation/remoteproc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/remoteproc.txt
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ cost.
       Note: to use this function you should already have a valid rproc
       handle. There are several ways to achieve that cleanly (devres, pdata,
       the way remoteproc_rpmsg.c does this, or, if this becomes prevalent, we
-      might also consider using dev_archdata for this). See also
-      rproc_get_by_name() below.
+      might also consider using dev_archdata for this).
 
   void rproc_shutdown(struct rproc *rproc)
     - Power off a remote processor (previously booted with rproc_boot()).
@@ -51,30 +50,6 @@ cost.
         which means that the @rproc handle stays valid even after
         rproc_shutdown() returns, and users can still use it with a subsequent
         rproc_boot(), if needed.
-      - don't call rproc_shutdown() to unroll rproc_get_by_name(), exactly
-        because rproc_shutdown() _does not_ decrement the refcount of @rproc.
-        To decrement the refcount of @rproc, use rproc_put() (but _only_ if
-        you acquired @rproc using rproc_get_by_name()).
-
-  struct rproc *rproc_get_by_name(const char *name)
-    - Find an rproc handle using the remote processor's name, and then
-      boot it. If it's already powered on, then just immediately return
-      (successfully). Returns the rproc handle on success, and NULL on failure.
-      This function increments the remote processor's refcount, so always
-      use rproc_put() to decrement it back once rproc isn't needed anymore.
-      Note: currently rproc_get_by_name() and rproc_put() are not used anymore
-      by the rpmsg bus and its drivers. We need to scrutinize the use cases
-      that still need them, and see if we can migrate them to use the non
-      name-based boot/shutdown interface.
-
-  void rproc_put(struct rproc *rproc)
-    - Decrement @rproc's power refcount and shut it down if it reaches zero
-      (essentially by just calling rproc_shutdown), and then decrement @rproc's
-      validity refcount too.
-      After this function returns, @rproc may _not_ be used anymore, and its
-      handle should be considered invalid.
-      This function should be called _iff_ the @rproc handle was grabbed by
-      calling rproc_get_by_name().
 
 3. Typical usage