2 files changed, 9 insertions, 50 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c b/drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c
index e38e411ca775..2535dd3605c0 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c
@@ -26,53 +26,31 @@ static struct device_type mfd_dev_type = {
 int mfd_cell_enable(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	const struct mfd_cell *cell = mfd_get_cell(pdev);
-	int err = 0;
 
 	if (!cell->enable) {
 		dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "No .enable() call-back registered\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	/* only call enable hook if the cell wasn't previously enabled */
-	if (atomic_inc_return(cell->usage_count) == 1)
-		err = cell->enable(pdev);
-
-	/* if the enable hook failed, decrement counter to allow retries */
-	if (err)
-		atomic_dec(cell->usage_count);
-
-	return err;
+	return cell->enable(pdev);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mfd_cell_enable);
 
 int mfd_cell_disable(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	const struct mfd_cell *cell = mfd_get_cell(pdev);
-	int err = 0;
 
 	if (!cell->disable) {
 		dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "No .disable() call-back registered\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	/* only disable if no other clients are using it */
-	if (atomic_dec_return(cell->usage_count) == 0)
-		err = cell->disable(pdev);
-
-	/* if the disable hook failed, increment to allow retries */
-	if (err)
-		atomic_inc(cell->usage_count);
-
-	/* sanity check; did someone call disable too many times? */
-	WARN_ON(atomic_read(cell->usage_count) < 0);
-
-	return err;
+	return cell->disable(pdev);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mfd_cell_disable);
 
 static int mfd_platform_add_cell(struct platform_device *pdev,
-				 const struct mfd_cell *cell,
-				 atomic_t *usage_count)
+				 const struct mfd_cell *cell)
 {
 	if (!cell)
 		return 0;
@@ -81,7 +59,6 @@ static int mfd_platform_add_cell(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	if (!pdev->mfd_cell)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	pdev->mfd_cell->usage_count = usage_count;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -144,7 +121,7 @@ static inline void mfd_acpi_add_device(const struct mfd_cell *cell,
 #endif
 
 static int mfd_add_device(struct device *parent, int id,
-			  const struct mfd_cell *cell, atomic_t *usage_count,
+			  const struct mfd_cell *cell,
 			  struct resource *mem_base,
 			  int irq_base, struct irq_domain *domain)
 {
@@ -206,7 +183,7 @@ static int mfd_add_device(struct device *parent, int id,
 			goto fail_alias;
 	}
 
-	ret = mfd_platform_add_cell(pdev, cell, usage_count);
+	ret = mfd_platform_add_cell(pdev, cell);
 	if (ret)
 		goto fail_alias;
 
@@ -296,16 +273,9 @@ int mfd_add_devices(struct device *parent, int id,
 {
 	int i;
 	int ret;
-	atomic_t *cnts;
-
-	/* initialize reference counting for all cells */
-	cnts = kcalloc(n_devs, sizeof(*cnts), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!cnts)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < n_devs; i++) {
-		atomic_set(&cnts[i], 0);
-		ret = mfd_add_device(parent, id, cells + i, cnts + i, mem_base,
+		ret = mfd_add_device(parent, id, cells + i, mem_base,
 				     irq_base, domain);
 		if (ret)
 			goto fail;
@@ -316,17 +286,15 @@ int mfd_add_devices(struct device *parent, int id,
 fail:
 	if (i)
 		mfd_remove_devices(parent);
-	else
-		kfree(cnts);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mfd_add_devices);
 
-static int mfd_remove_devices_fn(struct device *dev, void *c)
+static int mfd_remove_devices_fn(struct device *dev, void *data)
 {
 	struct platform_device *pdev;
 	const struct mfd_cell *cell;
-	atomic_t **usage_count = c;
 
 	if (dev->type != &mfd_dev_type)
 		return 0;
@@ -337,20 +305,13 @@ static int mfd_remove_devices_fn(struct device *dev, void *c)
 	regulator_bulk_unregister_supply_alias(dev, cell->parent_supplies,
 					       cell->num_parent_supplies);
 
-	/* find the base address of usage_count pointers (for freeing) */
-	if (!*usage_count || (cell->usage_count < *usage_count))
-		*usage_count = cell->usage_count;
-
 	platform_device_unregister(pdev);
 	return 0;
 }
 
 void mfd_remove_devices(struct device *parent)
 {
-	atomic_t *cnts = NULL;
-
-	device_for_each_child_reverse(parent, &cnts, mfd_remove_devices_fn);
-	kfree(cnts);
+	device_for_each_child_reverse(parent, NULL, mfd_remove_devices_fn);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mfd_remove_devices);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mfd/core.h b/include/linux/mfd/core.h
index 63ac3cc86608..d01d1299e49d 100644
--- a/include/linux/mfd/core.h
+++ b/include/linux/mfd/core.h
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ struct mfd_cell {
 	const char		*name;
 	int			id;
 
-	/* refcounting for multiple drivers to use a single cell */
-	atomic_t		*usage_count;
 	int			(*enable)(struct platform_device *dev);
 	int			(*disable)(struct platform_device *dev);