1 files changed, 7 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
index 551af042867c..f0293f7d2b80 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 #include "watchdog_core.h"	/* For watchdog_dev_register/... */
 
 static DEFINE_IDA(watchdog_ida);
-static struct class *watchdog_class;
 
 /*
  * Deferred Registration infrastructure.
@@ -194,7 +193,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(watchdog_set_restart_priority);
 
 static int __watchdog_register_device(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
 {
-	int ret, id = -1, devno;
+	int ret, id = -1;
 
 	if (wdd == NULL || wdd->info == NULL || wdd->ops == NULL)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -247,16 +246,6 @@ static int __watchdog_register_device(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
 		}
 	}
 
-	devno = wdd->cdev.dev;
-	wdd->dev = device_create(watchdog_class, wdd->parent, devno,
-					wdd, "watchdog%d", wdd->id);
-	if (IS_ERR(wdd->dev)) {
-		watchdog_dev_unregister(wdd);
-		ida_simple_remove(&watchdog_ida, id);
-		ret = PTR_ERR(wdd->dev);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
 	if (test_bit(WDOG_STOP_ON_REBOOT, &wdd->status)) {
 		wdd->reboot_nb.notifier_call = watchdog_reboot_notifier;
 
@@ -265,9 +254,7 @@ static int __watchdog_register_device(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
 			dev_err(wdd->dev, "Cannot register reboot notifier (%d)\n",
 				ret);
 			watchdog_dev_unregister(wdd);
-			device_destroy(watchdog_class, devno);
 			ida_simple_remove(&watchdog_ida, wdd->id);
-			wdd->dev = NULL;
 			return ret;
 		}
 	}
@@ -311,9 +298,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(watchdog_register_device);
 
 static void __watchdog_unregister_device(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
 {
-	int ret;
-	int devno;
-
 	if (wdd == NULL)
 		return;
 
@@ -323,13 +307,8 @@ static void __watchdog_unregister_device(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
 	if (test_bit(WDOG_STOP_ON_REBOOT, &wdd->status))
 		unregister_reboot_notifier(&wdd->reboot_nb);
 
-	devno = wdd->cdev.dev;
-	ret = watchdog_dev_unregister(wdd);
-	if (ret)
-		pr_err("error unregistering /dev/watchdog (err=%d)\n", ret);
-	device_destroy(watchdog_class, devno);
+	watchdog_dev_unregister(wdd);
 	ida_simple_remove(&watchdog_ida, wdd->id);
-	wdd->dev = NULL;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -370,9 +349,11 @@ static int __init watchdog_deferred_registration(void)
 
 static int __init watchdog_init(void)
 {
-	watchdog_class = watchdog_dev_init();
-	if (IS_ERR(watchdog_class))
-		return PTR_ERR(watchdog_class);
+	int err;
+
+	err = watchdog_dev_init();
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
 
 	watchdog_deferred_registration();
 	return 0;