1 files changed, 3 insertions, 53 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/pps/kapi.c b/drivers/pps/kapi.c
index e8847c118ea..c42d3cb8baa 100644
--- a/drivers/pps/kapi.c
+++ b/drivers/pps/kapi.c
@@ -27,19 +27,11 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/time.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
-#include <linux/idr.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/pps_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 
 /*
- * Local variables
- */
-
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(pps_idr_lock);
-static DEFINE_IDR(pps_idr);
-
-/*
  * Local functions
  */
 
@@ -76,7 +68,6 @@ struct pps_device *pps_register_source(struct pps_source_info *info,
 		int default_params)
 {
 	struct pps_device *pps;
-	int id;
 	int err;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
@@ -117,54 +108,18 @@ struct pps_device *pps_register_source(struct pps_source_info *info,
 	init_waitqueue_head(&pps->queue);
 	spin_lock_init(&pps->lock);
 
-	/* Get new ID for the new PPS source */
-	if (idr_pre_get(&pps_idr, GFP_KERNEL) == 0) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto kfree_pps;
-	}
-
-	spin_lock_irq(&pps_idr_lock);
-
-	/* Now really allocate the PPS source.
-	 * After idr_get_new() calling the new source will be freely available
-	 * into the kernel.
-	 */
-	err = idr_get_new(&pps_idr, pps, &id);
-	if (err < 0) {
-		spin_unlock_irq(&pps_idr_lock);
-		goto kfree_pps;
-	}
-
-	id = id & MAX_ID_MASK;
-	if (id >= PPS_MAX_SOURCES) {
-		spin_unlock_irq(&pps_idr_lock);
-
-		pr_err("%s: too many PPS sources in the system\n",
-					info->name);
-		err = -EBUSY;
-		goto free_idr;
-	}
-	pps->id = id;
-
-	spin_unlock_irq(&pps_idr_lock);
-
 	/* Create the char device */
 	err = pps_register_cdev(pps);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		pr_err("%s: unable to create char device\n",
 					info->name);
-		goto free_idr;
+		goto kfree_pps;
 	}
 
 	dev_info(pps->dev, "new PPS source %s\n", info->name);
 
 	return pps;
 
-free_idr:
-	spin_lock_irq(&pps_idr_lock);
-	idr_remove(&pps_idr, id);
-	spin_unlock_irq(&pps_idr_lock);
-
 kfree_pps:
 	kfree(pps);
 
@@ -184,15 +139,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(pps_register_source);
 
 void pps_unregister_source(struct pps_device *pps)
 {
-	unsigned int id = pps->id;
-
 	pps_unregister_cdev(pps);
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&pps_idr_lock);
-	idr_remove(&pps_idr, pps->id);
-	spin_unlock_irq(&pps_idr_lock);
-
-	kfree(pps);
+	/* don't have to kfree(pps) here because it will be done on
+	 * device destruction */
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pps_unregister_source);