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authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2014-11-15 01:48:56 +0100
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2014-11-15 01:48:56 +0100
commit1b6f47537c86494bb525c31e695ae3a1dfd953ca (patch)
tree9650787f6b5d940e3f8982cc3d190783b638e2ff /drivers/char
parentcheckkconfigsymbols.py: improve detection of defects (diff)
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Revert "char: misc: document behaviour of open()"
This reverts commit 965ab29ba09d75056a6c9b0f707cd1c2cc91188f. This is causing way more problems than it is worth. Cc: Martin Kepplinger <martink@posteo.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char')
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/misc.c4
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c
index 69a08a6b43aa..205ad4c58470 100644
--- a/drivers/char/misc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/misc.c
@@ -169,9 +169,7 @@ static const struct file_operations misc_fops = {
* the minor number requested is used.
*
* The structure passed is linked into the kernel and may not be
- * destroyed until it has been unregistered. By default, an open()
- * syscall to the device sets file->private_data to point to the
- * structure.
+ * destroyed until it has been unregistered.
*
* A zero is returned on success and a negative errno code for
* failure.