diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/mips-mt.c b/arch/mips/kernel/mips-mt.c
index dc023a97980356b40981f34342931e107b723e7a..f88b7919f11f49c8ff0192f94e0e314ec2e47507 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/mips-mt.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/mips-mt.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static int __init mips_mt_init(void)
{
struct class *mtc;
- mtc = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "mt");
+ mtc = class_create("mt");
if (IS_ERR(mtc))
return PTR_ERR(mtc);
diff --git a/arch/mips/sibyte/common/sb_tbprof.c b/arch/mips/sibyte/common/sb_tbprof.c
index bc47681e825a3d21408bafd60595f38d0129a559..ac376dfb4e7ca70deb69696d45a23d919226264c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sibyte/common/sb_tbprof.c
+++ b/arch/mips/sibyte/common/sb_tbprof.c
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ static int __init sbprof_tb_init(void)
return -EIO;
}
- tbc = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "sb_tracebuffer");
+ tbc = class_create("sb_tracebuffer");
if (IS_ERR(tbc)) {
err = PTR_ERR(tbc);
goto out_chrdev;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/book3s/vas-api.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/book3s/vas-api.c
index 36c21648d19a360931812d06bda24ee0f0f24e09..77ea9335fd049c9e9520b4a24269663faec4975c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/book3s/vas-api.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/book3s/vas-api.c
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ int vas_register_coproc_api(struct module *mod, enum vas_cop_type cop_type,
pr_devel("%s device allocated, dev [%i,%i]\n", name,
MAJOR(coproc_device.devt), MINOR(coproc_device.devt));
- coproc_device.class = class_create(mod, name);
+ coproc_device.class = class_create(name);
if (IS_ERR(coproc_device.class)) {
rc = PTR_ERR(coproc_device.class);
pr_err("Unable to create %s class %d\n", name, rc);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/pseudo_lock.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/pseudo_lock.c
index 524f8ff3e69c781c3bcd67c180c27b04faed8a81..458cb74195022e1c2ecfd64220dc2e15b7636c69 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/pseudo_lock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/pseudo_lock.c
@@ -1580,7 +1580,7 @@ int rdt_pseudo_lock_init(void)
pseudo_lock_major = ret;
- pseudo_lock_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "pseudo_lock");
+ pseudo_lock_class = class_create("pseudo_lock");
if (IS_ERR(pseudo_lock_class)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(pseudo_lock_class);
unregister_chrdev(pseudo_lock_major, "pseudo_lock");
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c
index 621ba9c0f17a9d53cccd156b7bf633bdb0f9979b..bdc0d5539b570674651ed076cc65cdf1f3a5813f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static int __init cpuid_init(void)
CPUID_MAJOR);
return -EBUSY;
}
- cpuid_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "cpuid");
+ cpuid_class = class_create("cpuid");
if (IS_ERR(cpuid_class)) {
err = PTR_ERR(cpuid_class);
goto out_chrdev;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
index 7087513117861e8f3e6f21a27240525ccb0b27fd..7bb17d37db01175adde65b8eec4a717360c73fa6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static int __init msr_init(void)
pr_err("unable to get major %d for msr\n", MSR_MAJOR);
return -EBUSY;
}
- msr_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "msr");
+ msr_class = class_create("msr");
if (IS_ERR(msr_class)) {
err = PTR_ERR(msr_class);
goto out_chrdev;
diff --git a/block/bsg.c b/block/bsg.c
index 30fcc865ef4f0a49b8dbb424dd1152d15410463e..7eca43f33d7ff8f6e2ef8f56908feea5c280768a 100644
--- a/block/bsg.c
+++ b/block/bsg.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ static int __init bsg_init(void)
dev_t devid;
int ret;
- bsg_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "bsg");
+ bsg_class = class_create("bsg");
if (IS_ERR(bsg_class))
return PTR_ERR(bsg_class);
bsg_class->devnode = bsg_devnode;
diff --git a/drivers/accel/drm_accel.c b/drivers/accel/drm_accel.c
index 1b69824286fd3f20eb1a102f0af16da72b5eb41e..4a9baf02439e42e5c0d226885dce5f87514a223c 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/drm_accel.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/drm_accel.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static char *accel_devnode(const struct device *dev, umode_t *mode)
static int accel_sysfs_init(void)
{
- accel_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "accel");
+ accel_class = class_create("accel");
if (IS_ERR(accel_class))
return PTR_ERR(accel_class);
diff --git a/drivers/accel/habanalabs/common/habanalabs_drv.c b/drivers/accel/habanalabs/common/habanalabs_drv.c
index 03dae57dc8386306b3ea34b7ec8337f87c365cba..3538e89e4e5e8f057f34a0ae2f0c1be8206bee59 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/habanalabs/common/habanalabs_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/habanalabs/common/habanalabs_drv.c
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ static int __init hl_init(void)
hl_major = MAJOR(dev);
- hl_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, HL_NAME);
+ hl_class = class_create(HL_NAME);
if (IS_ERR(hl_class)) {
pr_err("failed to allocate class\n");
rc = PTR_ERR(hl_class);
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/wakeup_stats.c b/drivers/base/power/wakeup_stats.c
index 924fac493c4f24840bef4932707253bc0805c57a..6732ed2869f9f38a272faab0044b6eb3edc051f2 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/wakeup_stats.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/wakeup_stats.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ void wakeup_source_sysfs_remove(struct wakeup_source *ws)
static int __init wakeup_sources_sysfs_init(void)
{
- wakeup_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "wakeup");
+ wakeup_class = class_create("wakeup");
return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(wakeup_class);
}
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
index 7a368c90467d1cd038c896640e82dada88007956..4c666f72203f1428f203dc90fab1b845e52ee760 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ aoechr_init(void)
}
init_completion(&emsgs_comp);
spin_lock_init(&emsgs_lock);
- aoe_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "aoe");
+ aoe_class = class_create("aoe");
if (IS_ERR(aoe_class)) {
unregister_chrdev(AOE_MAJOR, "aoechr");
return PTR_ERR(aoe_class);
diff --git a/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt-sysfs.c b/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt-sysfs.c
index e7c7d9a68168de146a48c6a39cf58dab1487cf05..8c6087949794ec3571de9016229ea0b371136639 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt-sysfs.c
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ int rnbd_clt_create_sysfs_files(void)
{
int err;
- rnbd_dev_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "rnbd-client");
+ rnbd_dev_class = class_create("rnbd-client");
if (IS_ERR(rnbd_dev_class))
return PTR_ERR(rnbd_dev_class);
diff --git a/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-srv-sysfs.c b/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-srv-sysfs.c
index 297a6924ff4e20952b469d7a92f342d4441990af..d5d9267e1fa5e48a7e494e7890e621810ee31ea2 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-srv-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-srv-sysfs.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ int rnbd_srv_create_sysfs_files(void)
{
int err;
- rnbd_dev_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "rnbd-server");
+ rnbd_dev_class = class_create("rnbd-server");
if (IS_ERR(rnbd_dev_class))
return PTR_ERR(rnbd_dev_class);
diff --git a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
index d1d1c8d606c8d8e9c79f094ffc626e2909df7b14..2eb46419562b25dc5e503e2401f0662eabfe0a83 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
@@ -2266,7 +2266,7 @@ static int __init ublk_init(void)
if (ret)
goto unregister_mis;
- ublk_chr_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "ublk-char");
+ ublk_chr_class = class_create("ublk-char");
if (IS_ERR(ublk_chr_class)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(ublk_chr_class);
goto free_chrdev_region;
diff --git a/drivers/char/bsr.c b/drivers/char/bsr.c
index d5f943938427f3ff2b05c3578b8997af2b1bd206..ff429ba02fa44f9592f2518f8fd7820c83b41730 100644
--- a/drivers/char/bsr.c
+++ b/drivers/char/bsr.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ static int __init bsr_init(void)
if (!np)
goto out_err;
- bsr_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "bsr");
+ bsr_class = class_create("bsr");
if (IS_ERR(bsr_class)) {
printk(KERN_ERR "class_create() failed for bsr_class\n");
ret = PTR_ERR(bsr_class);
diff --git a/drivers/char/dsp56k.c b/drivers/char/dsp56k.c
index 06749e295adaff06e2770c296a5f2aeaa28a00d4..b3eaf3e5ef2e291573a40fc61bf49c77716960a0 100644
--- a/drivers/char/dsp56k.c
+++ b/drivers/char/dsp56k.c
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ static int __init dsp56k_init_driver(void)
printk("DSP56k driver: Unable to register driver\n");
return -ENODEV;
}
- dsp56k_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "dsp56k");
+ dsp56k_class = class_create("dsp56k");
if (IS_ERR(dsp56k_class)) {
err = PTR_ERR(dsp56k_class);
goto out_chrdev;
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
index d160fa4c73fec836ba7680b2babe69a0844f168b..73e5a9e28f851dab5a502848071db195dfe0b3b7 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ static int __init init_ipmi_devintf(void)
pr_info("ipmi device interface\n");
- ipmi_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "ipmi");
+ ipmi_class = class_create("ipmi");
if (IS_ERR(ipmi_class)) {
pr_err("ipmi: can't register device class\n");
return PTR_ERR(ipmi_class);
diff --git a/drivers/char/lp.c b/drivers/char/lp.c
index 38aad99ebb61586c9ef4f86f5347920938e96358..70cfc5140c2cb8470e76d9e6356912920bfca5b9 100644
--- a/drivers/char/lp.c
+++ b/drivers/char/lp.c
@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ static int __init lp_init(void)
return -EIO;
}
- lp_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "printer");
+ lp_class = class_create("printer");
if (IS_ERR(lp_class)) {
err = PTR_ERR(lp_class);
goto out_reg;
diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
index ffb101d349f0b0a9d369e8355113871d878c6bff..f494d31f2b9835b951f5f303194655308526430d 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ static int __init chr_dev_init(void)
if (register_chrdev(MEM_MAJOR, "mem", &memory_fops))
printk("unable to get major %d for memory devs\n", MEM_MAJOR);
- mem_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "mem");
+ mem_class = class_create("mem");
if (IS_ERR(mem_class))
return PTR_ERR(mem_class);
diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c
index 7a1388b0572b9941e0be4c56c3170e1ca527c71c..1c44c29a666eb94956f1c2efab44b63082684027 100644
--- a/drivers/char/misc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/misc.c
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ static int __init misc_init(void)
struct proc_dir_entry *ret;
ret = proc_create_seq("misc", 0, NULL, &misc_seq_ops);
- misc_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "misc");
+ misc_class = class_create("misc");
err = PTR_ERR(misc_class);
if (IS_ERR(misc_class))
goto fail_remove;
diff --git a/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4000_cs.c b/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4000_cs.c
index e656f42a28ac23b3ecb06394df09043fa62d12e4..7f96d8571a53e70bde1ab541de22eca00bc8c667 100644
--- a/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4000_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4000_cs.c
@@ -1878,7 +1878,7 @@ static int __init cmm_init(void)
{
int rc;
- cmm_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "cardman_4000");
+ cmm_class = class_create("cardman_4000");
if (IS_ERR(cmm_class))
return PTR_ERR(cmm_class);
diff --git a/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4040_cs.c b/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4040_cs.c
index 827711911da4100aa54344ef56b04eb92b139e91..11ff59e2b9633d37943df312dc8a71fcd38fc591 100644
--- a/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4040_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4040_cs.c
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ static int __init cm4040_init(void)
{
int rc;
- cmx_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "cardman_4040");
+ cmx_class = class_create("cardman_4040");
if (IS_ERR(cmx_class))
return PTR_ERR(cmx_class);
diff --git a/drivers/char/pcmcia/scr24x_cs.c b/drivers/char/pcmcia/scr24x_cs.c
index 1bdce08fae3db58342802de7fa6bd78e7d363d15..870781f5a08cd37d567b6d0ffc290151c5fe19ea 100644
--- a/drivers/char/pcmcia/scr24x_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/char/pcmcia/scr24x_cs.c
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ static int __init scr24x_init(void)
{
int ret;
- scr24x_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "scr24x");
+ scr24x_class = class_create("scr24x");
if (IS_ERR(scr24x_class))
return PTR_ERR(scr24x_class);
diff --git a/drivers/char/ppdev.c b/drivers/char/ppdev.c
index 38b46c7d173711243dd17fc660df931ea4b59323..81ed58157b1579c147b640a82d7b3ba46ebb7c88 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ppdev.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ppdev.c
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ static int __init ppdev_init(void)
pr_warn(CHRDEV ": unable to get major %d\n", PP_MAJOR);
return -EIO;
}
- ppdev_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, CHRDEV);
+ ppdev_class = class_create(CHRDEV);
if (IS_ERR(ppdev_class)) {
err = PTR_ERR(ppdev_class);
goto out_chrdev;
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
index 7e513b7718320c0392385a7d322e97b05e868f11..8763c820d1f8832f02b2df52e4fa1c40582ab765 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
@@ -466,13 +466,13 @@ static int __init tpm_init(void)
{
int rc;
- tpm_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "tpm");
+ tpm_class = class_create("tpm");
if (IS_ERR(tpm_class)) {
pr_err("couldn't create tpm class\n");
return PTR_ERR(tpm_class);
}
- tpmrm_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "tpmrm");
+ tpmrm_class = class_create("tpmrm");
if (IS_ERR(tpmrm_class)) {
pr_err("couldn't create tpmrm class\n");
rc = PTR_ERR(tpmrm_class);
diff --git a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
index d5ac4d955bc8ca5c3464a77bc73b818db534c65c..b65c809a4e978d41ba80bfab5b6fab1c5f9a2b7b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
+++ b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
@@ -2244,7 +2244,7 @@ static int __init virtio_console_init(void)
{
int err;
- pdrvdata.class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "virtio-ports");
+ pdrvdata.class = class_create("virtio-ports");
if (IS_ERR(pdrvdata.class)) {
err = PTR_ERR(pdrvdata.class);
pr_err("Error %d creating virtio-ports class\n", err);
diff --git a/drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/xilinx_hwicap.c b/drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/xilinx_hwicap.c
index 74a4928aea1d37796359a77ab08d7ac8c82b73ee..a46f637da9599afebb80c2bb5627671b21b08ea1 100644
--- a/drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/xilinx_hwicap.c
+++ b/drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/xilinx_hwicap.c
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ static int __init hwicap_module_init(void)
dev_t devt;
int retval;
- icap_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "xilinx_config");
+ icap_class = class_create("xilinx_config");
mutex_init(&icap_sem);
devt = MKDEV(XHWICAP_MAJOR, XHWICAP_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/char/xillybus/xillybus_class.c b/drivers/char/xillybus/xillybus_class.c
index e9a288e61c15661e76ddf1b8b95dbaa5e47a62d3..89926fe9d8130b8f88ff01de55c03f6662c0b454 100644
--- a/drivers/char/xillybus/xillybus_class.c
+++ b/drivers/char/xillybus/xillybus_class.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(xillybus_find_inode);
static int __init xillybus_class_init(void)
{
- xillybus_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "xillybus");
+ xillybus_class = class_create("xillybus");
if (IS_ERR(xillybus_class)) {
pr_warn("Failed to register xillybus class\n");
diff --git a/drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c b/drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c
index b982903aaa4650de1d2fe23d79f0780834fcf570..8e43918d38c400fa99c62916a93bc9ca86c58f7f 100644
--- a/drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c
@@ -3383,7 +3383,7 @@ static int __init comedi_init(void)
if (retval)
goto out_unregister_chrdev_region;
- comedi_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "comedi");
+ comedi_class = class_create("comedi");
if (IS_ERR(comedi_class)) {
retval = PTR_ERR(comedi_class);
pr_err("failed to create class\n");
diff --git a/drivers/comedi/drivers/comedi_test.c b/drivers/comedi/drivers/comedi_test.c
index 0b5c0af1cebf0502e276fd740279ffb36625b273..c02dc19a679bdee3bfc0f57b642afc375044cca4 100644
--- a/drivers/comedi/drivers/comedi_test.c
+++ b/drivers/comedi/drivers/comedi_test.c
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ static int __init comedi_test_init(void)
}
if (!config_mode) {
- ctcls = class_create(THIS_MODULE, CLASS_NAME);
+ ctcls = class_create(CLASS_NAME);
if (IS_ERR(ctcls)) {
pr_warn("comedi_test: unable to create class\n");
goto clean3;
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_ctl_drv.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_ctl_drv.c
index 9190532b27eb5bf917e5057b0f20a8a2641b5bf0..75a50fde5644facfd8a8c4647dfc19c48367579c 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_ctl_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_ctl_drv.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static int adf_chr_drv_create(void)
return -EFAULT;
}
- adf_ctl_drv.drv_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, DEVICE_NAME);
+ adf_ctl_drv.drv_class = class_create(DEVICE_NAME);
if (IS_ERR(adf_ctl_drv.drv_class)) {
pr_err("QAT: class_create failed for adf_ctl\n");
goto err_chrdev_unreg;
diff --git a/drivers/dca/dca-sysfs.c b/drivers/dca/dca-sysfs.c
index 21ebd0af268bf2ad4faa9e898ec7a4fa7d67274c..fcc83ede09093a8851eb4fad9c0b495b7ebe8ff7 100644
--- a/drivers/dca/dca-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/dca/dca-sysfs.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ int __init dca_sysfs_init(void)
idr_init(&dca_idr);
spin_lock_init(&dca_idr_lock);
- dca_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "dca");
+ dca_class = class_create("dca");
if (IS_ERR(dca_class)) {
idr_destroy(&dca_idr);
return PTR_ERR(dca_class);
diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq-event.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq-event.c
index f041edccd10784fbbda7e98a9724647b176d9020..3ebac2496679b5e2d7d6096bf62294ebadae1611 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq-event.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq-event.c
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(devfreq_event);
static int __init devfreq_event_init(void)
{
- devfreq_event_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "devfreq-event");
+ devfreq_event_class = class_create("devfreq-event");
if (IS_ERR(devfreq_event_class)) {
pr_err("%s: couldn't create class\n", __FILE__);
return PTR_ERR(devfreq_event_class);
diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
index 817c71da391a67955cc78bea1d93a2e95728ff6b..e36cbb920ec8833c7c5700d8191689c077505599 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
@@ -1988,7 +1988,7 @@ DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(devfreq_summary);
static int __init devfreq_init(void)
{
- devfreq_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "devfreq");
+ devfreq_class = class_create("devfreq");
if (IS_ERR(devfreq_class)) {
pr_err("%s: couldn't create class\n", __FILE__);
return PTR_ERR(devfreq_class);
diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-heap.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-heap.c
index c9e41e8a9e272c9764f3d8b60e4119ac91ad1468..84ae708fafe75ccd18b224bf485056ed1f87fa37 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-heap.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-heap.c
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ static int dma_heap_init(void)
if (ret)
return ret;
- dma_heap_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, DEVNAME);
+ dma_heap_class = class_create(DEVNAME);
if (IS_ERR(dma_heap_class)) {
unregister_chrdev_region(dma_heap_devt, NUM_HEAP_MINORS);
return PTR_ERR(dma_heap_class);
diff --git a/drivers/extcon/extcon.c b/drivers/extcon/extcon.c
index e1c71359b6051c12ff0b76194a140a6def2d6857..d43ba8e7260dd03ad893612669d3fde1104fc830 100644
--- a/drivers/extcon/extcon.c
+++ b/drivers/extcon/extcon.c
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(extcon);
static int create_extcon_class(void)
{
if (!extcon_class) {
- extcon_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "extcon");
+ extcon_class = class_create("extcon");
if (IS_ERR(extcon_class))
return PTR_ERR(extcon_class);
extcon_class->dev_groups = extcon_groups;
diff --git a/drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c b/drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c
index 5cd40acab5bfb85f52302ea244c2906af1213f1f..6a521c83a1ed41e6162e6fa763238dd1dd212005 100644
--- a/drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c
+++ b/drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ static void fpga_bridge_dev_release(struct device *dev)
static int __init fpga_bridge_dev_init(void)
{
- fpga_bridge_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "fpga_bridge");
+ fpga_bridge_class = class_create("fpga_bridge");
if (IS_ERR(fpga_bridge_class))
return PTR_ERR(fpga_bridge_class);
diff --git a/drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c b/drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c
index 8efa67620e2169c06a3f4c3e256d9f09b0042690..eb583f86a0b95e4e8f51fe1711d5436c0bee3c58 100644
--- a/drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c
+++ b/drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ static int __init fpga_mgr_class_init(void)
{
pr_info("FPGA manager framework\n");
- fpga_mgr_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "fpga_manager");
+ fpga_mgr_class = class_create("fpga_manager");
if (IS_ERR(fpga_mgr_class))
return PTR_ERR(fpga_mgr_class);
diff --git a/drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c b/drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c
index 27ff9dea04ae3b6646530cbda4bef85f6a170419..ccf6fdab1360896122e475fde1435ab65f826070 100644
--- a/drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c
+++ b/drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ static void fpga_region_dev_release(struct device *dev)
*/
static int __init fpga_region_init(void)
{
- fpga_region_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "fpga_region");
+ fpga_region_class = class_create("fpga_region");
if (IS_ERR(fpga_region_class))
return PTR_ERR(fpga_region_class);
diff --git a/drivers/gnss/core.c b/drivers/gnss/core.c
index 77a4b280c552abd77fcaed1998b41daa611205a1..48f2ee0f78c4dfe207e12b1c590eb2f6ec8363eb 100644
--- a/drivers/gnss/core.c
+++ b/drivers/gnss/core.c
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ static int __init gnss_module_init(void)
return ret;
}
- gnss_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "gnss");
+ gnss_class = class_create("gnss");
if (IS_ERR(gnss_class)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(gnss_class);
pr_err("failed to create class: %d\n", ret);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_chardev.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_chardev.c
index a0e30f21e12e70a763b0a773895b20daee59b13a..20e75bd74bede1b558e975e4687792b4448f28f4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_chardev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_chardev.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ int kfd_chardev_init(void)
if (err < 0)
goto err_register_chrdev;
- kfd_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, kfd_dev_name);
+ kfd_class = class_create(kfd_dev_name);
err = PTR_ERR(kfd_class);
if (IS_ERR(kfd_class))
goto err_class_create;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_aux_dev.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_aux_dev.c
index 098e482e65a2886e8f56c1eeef122fdeaf19d443..29555b9f03c8c42681c17c4a01e74a966cf8611f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_aux_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_aux_dev.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ int drm_dp_aux_dev_init(void)
{
int res;
- drm_dp_aux_dev_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "drm_dp_aux_dev");
+ drm_dp_aux_dev_class = class_create("drm_dp_aux_dev");
if (IS_ERR(drm_dp_aux_dev_class)) {
return PTR_ERR(drm_dp_aux_dev_class);
}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_sysfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_sysfs.c
index 1831303559972526b87234af34c364def21b74bf..3c22a803201dc8fd0b84fd154b0386d66ed9be2f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_sysfs.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ int drm_sysfs_init(void)
{
int err;
- drm_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "drm");
+ drm_class = class_create("drm");
if (IS_ERR(drm_class))
return PTR_ERR(drm_class);
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-arvo.c b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-arvo.c
index d94ee0539421e7f9a742c6622f65059649440ad9..ea6b79b3aeeb546061c8da2abc5bf53ae1c9b347 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-arvo.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-arvo.c
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ static int __init arvo_init(void)
{
int retval;
- arvo_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "arvo");
+ arvo_class = class_create("arvo");
if (IS_ERR(arvo_class))
return PTR_ERR(arvo_class);
arvo_class->dev_groups = arvo_groups;
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-isku.c b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-isku.c
index e95d59cd8d075dc82716fb47a4193286bd0c2b09..3903a2cea00c2e6ed4119d2560e23c54a2f08ada 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-isku.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-isku.c
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ static struct hid_driver isku_driver = {
static int __init isku_init(void)
{
int retval;
- isku_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "isku");
+ isku_class = class_create("isku");
if (IS_ERR(isku_class))
return PTR_ERR(isku_class);
isku_class->dev_groups = isku_groups;
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-kone.c b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-kone.c
index 76da04801ca9bde5c882c89444529eb7cb8c6578..945ae236fb4587c4cafab75e11b4a373bd2d78f0 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-kone.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-kone.c
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ static int __init kone_init(void)
int retval;
/* class name has to be same as driver name */
- kone_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "kone");
+ kone_class = class_create("kone");
if (IS_ERR(kone_class))
return PTR_ERR(kone_class);
kone_class->dev_groups = kone_groups;
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-koneplus.c b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-koneplus.c
index 1896c69ea512f787b264ed27f82f13d813fd82ea..97b83b6f53ddf77e636e4689dd7340c05e6ed012 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-koneplus.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-koneplus.c
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ static int __init koneplus_init(void)
int retval;
/* class name has to be same as driver name */
- koneplus_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "koneplus");
+ koneplus_class = class_create("koneplus");
if (IS_ERR(koneplus_class))
return PTR_ERR(koneplus_class);
koneplus_class->dev_groups = koneplus_groups;
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-konepure.c b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-konepure.c
index cf8eeb33a12571bf47c2c57118ff7935909cd865..a297756f24103d8b81e0f5abeaad1564782d7655 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-konepure.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-konepure.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static int __init konepure_init(void)
{
int retval;
- konepure_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "konepure");
+ konepure_class = class_create("konepure");
if (IS_ERR(konepure_class))
return PTR_ERR(konepure_class);
konepure_class->dev_groups = konepure_groups;
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-kovaplus.c b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-kovaplus.c
index 6fb9b9563769dfbcc1cfc521c1f113feb442d411..1a1d96e116832f0bd67aacf25e88c7516582133e 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-kovaplus.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-kovaplus.c
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ static int __init kovaplus_init(void)
{
int retval;
- kovaplus_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "kovaplus");
+ kovaplus_class = class_create("kovaplus");
if (IS_ERR(kovaplus_class))
return PTR_ERR(kovaplus_class);
kovaplus_class->dev_groups = kovaplus_groups;
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-pyra.c b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-pyra.c
index 4fcc8e7d276f228cb2c29f99df8e6d5db9eef119..15528c3b013c77a0406d8979aaea7d3f3b21a252 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-pyra.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-pyra.c
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ static int __init pyra_init(void)
int retval;
/* class name has to be same as driver name */
- pyra_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "pyra");
+ pyra_class = class_create("pyra");
if (IS_ERR(pyra_class))
return PTR_ERR(pyra_class);
pyra_class->dev_groups = pyra_groups;
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-ryos.c b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-ryos.c
index 5bf1971a2b14d83c6388d3d1e9541617ff415fa6..0eb17a3b925d0eff34124cd4f899744149fcda16 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-ryos.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-ryos.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ static int __init ryos_init(void)
{
int retval;
- ryos_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "ryos");
+ ryos_class = class_create("ryos");
if (IS_ERR(ryos_class))
return PTR_ERR(ryos_class);
ryos_class->dev_groups = ryos_groups;
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-savu.c b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-savu.c
index a784bb4ee6512d8b39a0ede9a653b29cf901bf5d..93be7acef6733d3240d21598dd3503d8b10428a8 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-savu.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-savu.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ static int __init savu_init(void)
{
int retval;
- savu_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "savu");
+ savu_class = class_create("savu");
if (IS_ERR(savu_class))
return PTR_ERR(savu_class);
savu_class->dev_groups = savu_groups;
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hidraw.c b/drivers/hid/hidraw.c
index 197b1e7bf029e64f4a1874f80ae4b24d2553621c..93e62b161501cca7afaee1af80d86a58962968ed 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hidraw.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hidraw.c
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ int __init hidraw_init(void)
hidraw_major = MAJOR(dev_id);
- hidraw_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "hidraw");
+ hidraw_class = class_create("hidraw");
if (IS_ERR(hidraw_class)) {
result = PTR_ERR(hidraw_class);
goto error_cdev;
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
index 107623c4cc14aaf95e5bf930f45ca8a179884d51..ef93064cfdb31e8e1a2b7434eae0991d337334c3 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ static int __init i2c_dev_init(void)
if (res)
goto out;
- i2c_dev_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "i2c-dev");
+ i2c_dev_class = class_create("i2c-dev");
if (IS_ERR(i2c_dev_class)) {
res = PTR_ERR(i2c_dev_class);
goto out_unreg_chrdev;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c
index bdb179a09d77cfc35b9a13c66161dfcade4a3ff5..fbace69672ca921f5d13ba9ab64462dda8d95e21 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c
@@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ static int __init ib_uverbs_init(void)
goto out_alloc;
}
- uverbs_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "infiniband_verbs");
+ uverbs_class = class_create("infiniband_verbs");
if (IS_ERR(uverbs_class)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(uverbs_class);
pr_err("user_verbs: couldn't create class infiniband_verbs\n");
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/device.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/device.c
index 1f44960321704a31df18d7b1fd033e15b5d5d1e4..05be0d119f796f21403a96f798885bdd7940b316 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/device.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/device.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ int __init dev_init(void)
goto done;
}
- class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, class_name());
+ class = class_create(class_name());
if (IS_ERR(class)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(class);
pr_err("Could not create device class (err %d)\n", -ret);
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ int __init dev_init(void)
}
class->devnode = hfi1_devnode;
- user_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, class_name_user());
+ user_class = class_create(class_name_user());
if (IS_ERR(user_class)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(user_class);
pr_err("Could not create device class for user accessible files (err %d)\n",
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_file_ops.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_file_ops.c
index 80fe92a21f960e341eb85e3c27b6fb2ae89d66cd..c07c95fd3cfacca1bb0da56b162ebfacfabc4e76 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_file_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_file_ops.c
@@ -2326,7 +2326,7 @@ int __init qib_dev_init(void)
goto done;
}
- qib_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "ipath");
+ qib_class = class_create("ipath");
if (IS_ERR(qib_class)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(qib_class);
pr_err("Could not create device class (err %d)\n", -ret);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c
index 80abf45a197ac079f6304da86d9ca5b5c8d41abb..edb2e3a25880b47bd044f08c5039a8a330fec729 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c
@@ -3163,7 +3163,7 @@ static int __init rtrs_client_init(void)
{
rtrs_rdma_dev_pd_init(0, &dev_pd);
- rtrs_clt_dev_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "rtrs-client");
+ rtrs_clt_dev_class = class_create("rtrs-client");
if (IS_ERR(rtrs_clt_dev_class)) {
pr_err("Failed to create rtrs-client dev class\n");
return PTR_ERR(rtrs_clt_dev_class);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-srv.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-srv.c
index d1703e2c0b82fcc746154132fffafa5cbc61a77a..c38901e2c8f421e4f0ad54b7e4b725474b87bfe2 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-srv.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-srv.c
@@ -2253,7 +2253,7 @@ static int __init rtrs_server_init(void)
err);
return err;
}
- rtrs_dev_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "rtrs-server");
+ rtrs_dev_class = class_create("rtrs-server");
if (IS_ERR(rtrs_dev_class)) {
err = PTR_ERR(rtrs_dev_class);
goto out_err;
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/capi/capi.c b/drivers/isdn/capi/capi.c
index 0f00be62438d5f7e7e67f7cc28c88d905de3692d..45a4043c504209fa5fd33f19b3b4312fadd92089 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/capi/capi.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/capi/capi.c
@@ -1393,7 +1393,7 @@ static int __init capi_init(void)
kcapi_exit();
return major_ret;
}
- capi_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "capi");
+ capi_class = class_create("capi");
if (IS_ERR(capi_class)) {
unregister_chrdev(capi_major, "capi20");
kcapi_exit();
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/mISDN/dsp_pipeline.c b/drivers/isdn/mISDN/dsp_pipeline.c
index cfbcd9e973c2e64f71dd82710f59b1a2dd78dfc8..09b72f14d4b7b9d439db913d124637d963f5e69a 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/mISDN/dsp_pipeline.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/mISDN/dsp_pipeline.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(mISDN_dsp_element_unregister);
int dsp_pipeline_module_init(void)
{
- elements_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "dsp_pipeline");
+ elements_class = class_create("dsp_pipeline");
if (IS_ERR(elements_class))
return PTR_ERR(elements_class);
diff --git a/drivers/leds/led-class.c b/drivers/leds/led-class.c
index a6b3adcd044a01e4e25d95de72680f213eb083be..9255bc11f99d843981ff607ff1eaa364fe79aba0 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/led-class.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/led-class.c
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_led_classdev_unregister);
static int __init leds_init(void)
{
- leds_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "leds");
+ leds_class = class_create("leds");
if (IS_ERR(leds_class))
return PTR_ERR(leds_class);
leds_class->pm = &leds_class_dev_pm_ops;
diff --git a/drivers/macintosh/adb.c b/drivers/macintosh/adb.c
index 23bd0c77ac1af3b279df00122e606364304057c5..57e987cf84b257ffe3ab297bc47410410b2730ba 100644
--- a/drivers/macintosh/adb.c
+++ b/drivers/macintosh/adb.c
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ adbdev_init(void)
return;
}
- adb_dev_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "adb");
+ adb_dev_class = class_create("adb");
if (IS_ERR(adb_dev_class))
return;
device_create(adb_dev_class, NULL, MKDEV(ADB_MAJOR, 0), NULL, "adb");
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
index 0ed087caf7f3b28e8a51505353334597b2987835..e9b3ce09e534c1698a28e4ba52b1e38f9f54cf15 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ static int __init init_dvbdev(void)
goto error;
}
- dvb_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "dvb");
+ dvb_class = class_create("dvb");
if (IS_ERR(dvb_class)) {
retval = PTR_ERR(dvb_class);
goto error;
diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
index 25ab61dae126d4b0d69280896d3f9e99611c8e6e..043d23aaa3cbcc095b5dfd124a2ed4a06c69909a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ int __init lirc_dev_init(void)
{
int retval;
- lirc_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "lirc");
+ lirc_class = class_create("lirc");
if (IS_ERR(lirc_class)) {
pr_err("class_create failed\n");
return PTR_ERR(lirc_class);
diff --git a/drivers/misc/c2port/core.c b/drivers/misc/c2port/core.c
index fb9a1b49ff6de77a911d90c40f57a498fa49cd60..f574c83b82cf07d85fe4f22fc8bf52a6df69b87b 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/c2port/core.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/c2port/core.c
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ static int __init c2port_init(void)
printk(KERN_INFO "Silicon Labs C2 port support v. " DRIVER_VERSION
" - (C) 2007 Rodolfo Giometti\n");
- c2port_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "c2port");
+ c2port_class = class_create("c2port");
if (IS_ERR(c2port_class)) {
printk(KERN_ERR "c2port: failed to allocate class\n");
return PTR_ERR(c2port_class);
diff --git a/drivers/misc/cxl/file.c b/drivers/misc/cxl/file.c
index 5878329b011a063f0c1ff3d21b6eb592e6154373..144d1f2d78ce63d367c7a7bd67226549d4fec0ad 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/cxl/file.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/file.c
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ int __init cxl_file_init(void)
pr_devel("CXL device allocated, MAJOR %i\n", MAJOR(cxl_dev));
- cxl_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "cxl");
+ cxl_class = class_create("cxl");
if (IS_ERR(cxl_class)) {
pr_err("Unable to create CXL class\n");
rc = PTR_ERR(cxl_class);
diff --git a/drivers/misc/genwqe/card_base.c b/drivers/misc/genwqe/card_base.c
index 5b63d179b24ea753e98b095159bd557e8943b598..02628288cd0fda7ac7dcdf22275e07a000284593 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/genwqe/card_base.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/genwqe/card_base.c
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ static int __init genwqe_init_module(void)
{
int rc;
- class_genwqe = class_create(THIS_MODULE, GENWQE_DEVNAME);
+ class_genwqe = class_create(GENWQE_DEVNAME);
if (IS_ERR(class_genwqe)) {
pr_err("[%s] create class failed\n", __func__);
return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/drivers/misc/hpilo.c b/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
index 8d00df9243c438a45c726007f038284e7cc97ede..2c3a991d6e88dfbe6088ebc4b33e14f4e7ccd7f6 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ static int __init ilo_init(void)
int error;
dev_t dev;
- ilo_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "iLO");
+ ilo_class = class_create("iLO");
if (IS_ERR(ilo_class)) {
error = PTR_ERR(ilo_class);
goto out;
diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/main.c b/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
index 632d4ae21e46551dc8d80754e89b038eec2b596c..76c771a424f76866423085e8e0b5e25b580cb436 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
@@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ static int __init mei_init(void)
{
int ret;
- mei_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "mei");
+ mei_class = class_create("mei");
if (IS_ERR(mei_class)) {
pr_err("couldn't create class\n");
ret = PTR_ERR(mei_class);
diff --git a/drivers/misc/ocxl/file.c b/drivers/misc/ocxl/file.c
index 3b058654b45b43548bf5c0d81eaeb666b729cdcc..6e63f060e4cc1ff4c2c4f51eb9e4491635fce820 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/ocxl/file.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/ocxl/file.c
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ int ocxl_file_init(void)
return rc;
}
- ocxl_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "ocxl");
+ ocxl_class = class_create("ocxl");
if (IS_ERR(ocxl_class)) {
pr_err("Unable to create ocxl class\n");
unregister_chrdev_region(ocxl_dev, OCXL_NUM_MINORS);
diff --git a/drivers/misc/phantom.c b/drivers/misc/phantom.c
index ce72e46a2e735b5b8a7de9e2c6183a25010bf9a8..7966a6b8b5b340fa210a6a79e472ae5d7d7871f9 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/phantom.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/phantom.c
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ static int __init phantom_init(void)
int retval;
dev_t dev;
- phantom_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "phantom");
+ phantom_class = class_create("phantom");
if (IS_ERR(phantom_class)) {
retval = PTR_ERR(phantom_class);
printk(KERN_ERR "phantom: can't register phantom class\n");
diff --git a/drivers/misc/uacce/uacce.c b/drivers/misc/uacce/uacce.c
index 07023397afc734dfa93be3a020c307bc13f1028f..346bd7cf2e94f5a1fbcde7d1ab7f68983cf07801 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/uacce/uacce.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/uacce/uacce.c
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ static int __init uacce_init(void)
{
int ret;
- uacce_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, UACCE_NAME);
+ uacce_class = class_create(UACCE_NAME);
if (IS_ERR(uacce_class))
return PTR_ERR(uacce_class);
diff --git a/drivers/most/most_cdev.c b/drivers/most/most_cdev.c
index 4ee536980f71c5ec77dfb1e89284ea710c687846..3ed8f461e01eb1e76d29a3adde4d6dc839c9095a 100644
--- a/drivers/most/most_cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/most/most_cdev.c
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ static int __init most_cdev_init(void)
{
int err;
- comp.class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "most_cdev");
+ comp.class = class_create("most_cdev");
if (IS_ERR(comp.class))
return PTR_ERR(comp.class);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hnae.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hnae.c
index 9b26f0f2c74842c81bdfadf8e273d085f724d935..8a1027ad340d72a90ca2cf60c78d1ca6209e8ca0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hnae.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hnae.c
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(hnae_ae_unregister);
static int __init hnae_init(void)
{
- hnae_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "hnae");
+ hnae_class = class_create("hnae");
return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(hnae_class);
}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
index 1d71f5276241ca08813e18d86df6e8a4e287b646..a9beacd552cf825b6e391862f196141358b9eadd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
@@ -1394,7 +1394,7 @@ static int __init ppp_init(void)
goto out_net;
}
- ppp_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "ppp");
+ ppp_class = class_create("ppp");
if (IS_ERR(ppp_class)) {
err = PTR_ERR(ppp_class);
goto out_chrdev;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
index 4cc4eaf80b1466b15c8f778cc67b086a9f42c347..68a7e09a195ec935d1aa62b6f84f77a3562988ea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
@@ -5748,7 +5748,7 @@ static int __init init_mac80211_hwsim(void)
if (err)
goto out_exit_netlink;
- hwsim_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "mac80211_hwsim");
+ hwsim_class = class_create("mac80211_hwsim");
if (IS_ERR(hwsim_class)) {
err = PTR_ERR(hwsim_class);
goto out_exit_virtio;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wwan/wwan_core.c b/drivers/net/wwan/wwan_core.c
index 966d0ccd2276b5251e22cd992afac2098a55b738..51bbd6bb74b561b60f1328ed2771d93a07286ddb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wwan/wwan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wwan/wwan_core.c
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@ static int __init wwan_init(void)
if (err)
return err;
- wwan_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "wwan");
+ wwan_class = class_create("wwan");
if (IS_ERR(wwan_class)) {
err = PTR_ERR(wwan_class);
goto unregister;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wwan/wwan_hwsim.c b/drivers/net/wwan/wwan_hwsim.c
index 2397a903d8f54df6bef96850fab85eb6dbb24a0c..edb5fc803211ac500d86cb0bf7f29f282ef310f0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wwan/wwan_hwsim.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wwan/wwan_hwsim.c
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ static int __init wwan_hwsim_init(void)
if (!wwan_wq)
return -ENOMEM;
- wwan_hwsim_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "wwan_hwsim");
+ wwan_hwsim_class = class_create("wwan_hwsim");
if (IS_ERR(wwan_hwsim_class)) {
err = PTR_ERR(wwan_hwsim_class);
goto err_wq_destroy;
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c b/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c
index 4976a0069e9c31ce80640ce815e5733dec26fd23..954dbc105fc801a43fd993660a5a3adc5d088d23 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c
@@ -1320,7 +1320,7 @@ int __init nvdimm_bus_init(void)
goto err_dimm_chrdev;
nvdimm_major = rc;
- nd_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "nd");
+ nd_class = class_create("nd");
if (IS_ERR(nd_class)) {
rc = PTR_ERR(nd_class);
goto err_class;
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index c2730b116dc680eac04df43a81c81a3826c5da16..877a61fbd78be6bfb835f5d5d73c06ab9cc2f58c 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -5381,14 +5381,14 @@ static int __init nvme_core_init(void)
if (result < 0)
goto destroy_delete_wq;
- nvme_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "nvme");
+ nvme_class = class_create("nvme");
if (IS_ERR(nvme_class)) {
result = PTR_ERR(nvme_class);
goto unregister_chrdev;
}
nvme_class->dev_uevent = nvme_class_uevent;
- nvme_subsys_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "nvme-subsystem");
+ nvme_subsys_class = class_create("nvme-subsystem");
if (IS_ERR(nvme_subsys_class)) {
result = PTR_ERR(nvme_subsys_class);
goto destroy_class;
@@ -5399,7 +5399,7 @@ static int __init nvme_core_init(void)
if (result < 0)
goto destroy_subsys_class;
- nvme_ns_chr_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "nvme-generic");
+ nvme_ns_chr_class = class_create("nvme-generic");
if (IS_ERR(nvme_ns_chr_class)) {
result = PTR_ERR(nvme_ns_chr_class);
goto unregister_generic_ns;
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
index bbaa04a0c502bfc3298915e233956884bf71cf21..0069ebff85df1ec55dd5a798c9740782784e09c0 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ static int __init nvmf_init(void)
if (!nvmf_default_host)
return -ENOMEM;
- nvmf_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "nvme-fabrics");
+ nvmf_class = class_create("nvme-fabrics");
if (IS_ERR(nvmf_class)) {
pr_err("couldn't register class nvme-fabrics\n");
ret = PTR_ERR(nvmf_class);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/fcloop.c b/drivers/nvme/target/fcloop.c
index 5c16372f3b533cc646be2225517dd8d391547b2f..af0d01797e5ec01841abdac85da4c97129b283b9 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/fcloop.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/fcloop.c
@@ -1562,7 +1562,7 @@ static int __init fcloop_init(void)
{
int ret;
- fcloop_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "fcloop");
+ fcloop_class = class_create("fcloop");
if (IS_ERR(fcloop_class)) {
pr_err("couldn't register class fcloop\n");
ret = PTR_ERR(fcloop_class);
diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c
index 9440d9811eea50be4d5e1fa4ce4612b18bf9c7ec..46c9a5c3ca14b2b5233e0197ac9881747be82062 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__devm_pci_epc_create);
static int __init pci_epc_init(void)
{
- pci_epc_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "pci_epc");
+ pci_epc_class = class_create("pci_epc");
if (IS_ERR(pci_epc_class)) {
pr_err("failed to create pci epc class --> %ld\n",
PTR_ERR(pci_epc_class));
diff --git a/drivers/pci/switch/switchtec.c b/drivers/pci/switch/switchtec.c
index 3d6f17ff242996006db133206073b55b3f9d25b6..d837da055921a471778a667d8ec4755bc460d590 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/switch/switchtec.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/switch/switchtec.c
@@ -1804,7 +1804,7 @@ static int __init switchtec_init(void)
if (rc)
return rc;
- switchtec_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "switchtec");
+ switchtec_class = class_create("switchtec");
if (IS_ERR(switchtec_class)) {
rc = PTR_ERR(switchtec_class);
goto err_create_class;
diff --git a/drivers/phy/phy-core.c b/drivers/phy/phy-core.c
index 9951efc03eaaf8424f2ca824f279de6a5ebd0e46..6464dcb56d56d09f3e12eb94b6875990c177ce06 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/phy-core.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/phy-core.c
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ static void phy_release(struct device *dev)
static int __init phy_core_init(void)
{
- phy_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "phy");
+ phy_class = class_create("phy");
if (IS_ERR(phy_class)) {
pr_err("failed to create phy class --> %ld\n",
PTR_ERR(phy_class));
diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_core.c b/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_core.c
index f3d7c1da299fef86b86b58f297da60234df26b50..1bf393239d40aaf5680f57c7a41cc04d8377896a 100644
--- a/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_core.c
+++ b/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_core.c
@@ -1462,7 +1462,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(power_supply_get_drvdata);
static int __init power_supply_class_init(void)
{
- power_supply_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "power_supply");
+ power_supply_class = class_create("power_supply");
if (IS_ERR(power_supply_class))
return PTR_ERR(power_supply_class);
diff --git a/drivers/pps/pps.c b/drivers/pps/pps.c
index 22a65ad4e46e6b187c885274aa3bfdb7ebcdb90c..5d19baae6a380ae9f722ac787e87016fb3309db4 100644
--- a/drivers/pps/pps.c
+++ b/drivers/pps/pps.c
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ static int __init pps_init(void)
{
int err;
- pps_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "pps");
+ pps_class = class_create("pps");
if (IS_ERR(pps_class)) {
pr_err("failed to allocate class\n");
return PTR_ERR(pps_class);
diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c b/drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c
index 62d4d29e7c056f403d7f19552802940bb52db63e..790f9250b3815b27dbf1011d481a0bb31666fc54 100644
--- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c
+++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ static int __init ptp_init(void)
{
int err;
- ptp_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "ptp");
+ ptp_class = class_create("ptp");
if (IS_ERR(ptp_class)) {
pr_err("ptp: failed to allocate class\n");
return PTR_ERR(ptp_class);
diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c b/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c
index 43db495f1986121697a6db95197543d82b4e5e24..deb96c3160a7030f68facf48ddbcd38da0d20977 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c
@@ -2603,7 +2603,7 @@ static int __init mport_init(void)
int ret;
/* Create device class needed by udev */
- dev_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, DRV_NAME);
+ dev_class = class_create(DRV_NAME);
if (IS_ERR(dev_class)) {
rmcd_error("Unable to create " DRV_NAME " class");
return PTR_ERR(dev_class);
diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/rio_cm.c b/drivers/rapidio/rio_cm.c
index db4c265287ae6e1fdaadb62e291157cacbcb5251..acaf9cda014c1916313bdf2b75cea92acce0fe6f 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/rio_cm.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/rio_cm.c
@@ -2297,7 +2297,7 @@ static int __init riocm_init(void)
int ret;
/* Create device class needed by udev */
- dev_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, DRV_NAME);
+ dev_class = class_create(DRV_NAME);
if (IS_ERR(dev_class)) {
riocm_error("Cannot create " DRV_NAME " class");
return PTR_ERR(dev_class);
diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c
index a2207c0cf432178d0d942456a5a6de429d782411..5039df757127a9f5f0b0ef3e8cd2e5d13a852892 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ static int __init rpmsg_init(void)
{
int ret;
- rpmsg_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "rpmsg");
+ rpmsg_class = class_create("rpmsg");
if (IS_ERR(rpmsg_class)) {
pr_err("failed to create rpmsg class\n");
return PTR_ERR(rpmsg_class);
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/class.c b/drivers/rtc/class.c
index e5b7b48cffac06f5643ebd5b2b06a41ff46e61b9..edfd942f8c54942162808d034823f5fd86424b59 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/class.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/class.c
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_rtc_device_register);
static int __init rtc_init(void)
{
- rtc_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "rtc");
+ rtc_class = class_create("rtc");
if (IS_ERR(rtc_class)) {
pr_err("couldn't create class\n");
return PTR_ERR(rtc_class);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/hmcdrv_dev.c b/drivers/s390/char/hmcdrv_dev.c
index cb8fdf057ecafe1d4d70790ad88952152ffdf8e8..8d50c894711f8be0964cba4cb75de84f19468a58 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/hmcdrv_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/hmcdrv_dev.c
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ int hmcdrv_dev_init(void)
* /proc/devices), but not under /dev nor /sys/devices/virtual. So
* we have to create an associated class (see /sys/class).
*/
- hmcdrv_dev_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, HMCDRV_DEV_CLASS);
+ hmcdrv_dev_class = class_create(HMCDRV_DEV_CLASS);
if (IS_ERR(hmcdrv_dev_class)) {
rc = PTR_ERR(hmcdrv_dev_class);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/raw3270.c b/drivers/s390/char/raw3270.c
index 09d7570d3b7d4bbef616584ba8cc45cd3e34f7dc..7115c0f85650767204470aeb4f1fa8af238d8b5e 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/raw3270.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/raw3270.c
@@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@ static int raw3270_init(void)
if (rc == 0) {
/* Create attributes for early (= console) device. */
mutex_lock(&raw3270_mutex);
- class3270 = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "3270");
+ class3270 = class_create("3270");
list_for_each_entry(rp, &raw3270_devices, list) {
get_device(&rp->cdev->dev);
raw3270_create_attributes(rp);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/tape_class.c b/drivers/s390/char/tape_class.c
index c21dc68e05a043857e47a70ec0dd447f2d9f1e35..277a0f903d11bfdb50e2c545286358dac3c8a86a 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/tape_class.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/tape_class.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_tape_dev);
static int __init tape_init(void)
{
- tape_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "tape390");
+ tape_class = class_create("tape390");
return 0;
}
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/vmlogrdr.c b/drivers/s390/char/vmlogrdr.c
index ed970ecfafdf119fa435f6384aae97e5f0c5bcb9..6946ba9a9de2c592f3e4172e76407f0b2ec95e48 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/vmlogrdr.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/vmlogrdr.c
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ static int vmlogrdr_register_driver(void)
if (ret)
goto out_iucv;
- vmlogrdr_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "vmlogrdr");
+ vmlogrdr_class = class_create("vmlogrdr");
if (IS_ERR(vmlogrdr_class)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(vmlogrdr_class);
vmlogrdr_class = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/vmur.c b/drivers/s390/char/vmur.c
index 131293f7f152178087d21bffa9a4ba61ac0fb5e5..82efdd20ad01edebfc554e98b7af64c9e33a2b46 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/vmur.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/vmur.c
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ static int __init ur_init(void)
debug_set_level(vmur_dbf, 6);
- vmur_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "vmur");
+ vmur_class = class_create("vmur");
if (IS_ERR(vmur_class)) {
rc = PTR_ERR(vmur_class);
goto fail_free_dbf;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/zcrypt_api.c b/drivers/s390/crypto/zcrypt_api.c
index 6fe05bb82c77255677e30930ee4cdb85356345f0..582ac301d31502966cd04c5f334e029c3c27dcc2 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/crypto/zcrypt_api.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/zcrypt_api.c
@@ -2171,7 +2171,7 @@ static int __init zcdn_init(void)
int rc;
/* create a new class 'zcrypt' */
- zcrypt_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, ZCRYPT_NAME);
+ zcrypt_class = class_create(ZCRYPT_NAME);
if (IS_ERR(zcrypt_class)) {
rc = PTR_ERR(zcrypt_class);
goto out_class_create_failed;
diff --git a/drivers/sbus/char/oradax.c b/drivers/sbus/char/oradax.c
index e300cf26bc2a8724648a16b772bf14200327de22..75701b165e911609bec8a342baa343e992e592bb 100644
--- a/drivers/sbus/char/oradax.c
+++ b/drivers/sbus/char/oradax.c
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ static int __init dax_attach(void)
goto done;
}
- cl = class_create(THIS_MODULE, DAX_NAME);
+ cl = class_create(DAX_NAME);
if (IS_ERR(cl)) {
dax_err("class_create failed");
ret = PTR_ERR(cl);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ch.c b/drivers/scsi/ch.c
index 72fe6df78bc591b69821ff02cea3dd0907c1f292..ac648bb8f7e7f41481ebdbff5c6c7ae7a36d1a98 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ch.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ch.c
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ static int __init init_ch_module(void)
int rc;
printk(KERN_INFO "SCSI Media Changer driver v" VERSION " \n");
- ch_sysfs_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "scsi_changer");
+ ch_sysfs_class = class_create("scsi_changer");
if (IS_ERR(ch_sysfs_class)) {
rc = PTR_ERR(ch_sysfs_class);
return rc;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/main.c b/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/main.c
index 395b00b942f7036c316d3d99ddd43e372035cdb8..debd3697411974aa10b59d222b04aab919b5aeb1 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/main.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/main.c
@@ -3880,7 +3880,7 @@ static int cxlflash_class_init(void)
cxlflash_major = MAJOR(devno);
- cxlflash_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "cxlflash");
+ cxlflash_class = class_create("cxlflash");
if (IS_ERR(cxlflash_class)) {
rc = PTR_ERR(cxlflash_class);
pr_err("%s: class_create failed rc=%d\n", __func__, rc);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c b/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c
index 836ddc476764ee155d0396f9c3a474f5d07e5368..7d57cc92532c8279429d44e17285892de0bfd325 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c
@@ -5346,7 +5346,7 @@ static int __init pmcraid_init(void)
}
pmcraid_major = MAJOR(dev);
- pmcraid_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, PMCRAID_DEVFILE);
+ pmcraid_class = class_create(PMCRAID_DEVFILE);
if (IS_ERR(pmcraid_class)) {
error = PTR_ERR(pmcraid_class);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
index a91049213203f8eb6c19d0601d3b24444cf49d12..4997f880d4a43a3b4d3fa073adc2e5296cf15119 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
@@ -1677,7 +1677,7 @@ init_sg(void)
SG_MAX_DEVS, "sg");
if (rc)
return rc;
- sg_sysfs_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "scsi_generic");
+ sg_sysfs_class = class_create("scsi_generic");
if ( IS_ERR(sg_sysfs_class) ) {
rc = PTR_ERR(sg_sysfs_class);
goto err_out;
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spidev.c b/drivers/spi/spidev.c
index 5a038c6674018ba0df331888009a8bc04f3e57de..539e70c7daedb24514b09b6e1e9992bc8384f2ed 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spidev.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spidev.c
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ static int __init spidev_init(void)
if (status < 0)
return status;
- spidev_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "spidev");
+ spidev_class = class_create("spidev");
if (IS_ERR(spidev_class)) {
unregister_chrdev(SPIDEV_MAJOR, spidev_spi_driver.driver.name);
return PTR_ERR(spidev_class);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/fieldbus/anybuss/arcx-anybus.c b/drivers/staging/fieldbus/anybuss/arcx-anybus.c
index 9af2e63050d1d2e9df76ebed0c64ca5ca4b95194..369400ec30d864daeea1679d45d3d1d4e570ae7a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fieldbus/anybuss/arcx-anybus.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/fieldbus/anybuss/arcx-anybus.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static int __init controller_init(void)
{
int err;
- controller_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "arcx_anybus_controller");
+ controller_class = class_create("arcx_anybus_controller");
if (IS_ERR(controller_class))
return PTR_ERR(controller_class);
err = platform_driver_register(&controller_driver);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/authentication.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/authentication.c
index 297e69f011c7e1386c736df84f1b302bb3d55d7c..7e01790a4659de232bfb6008f5e9557edf8439b0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/authentication.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/authentication.c
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ int cap_init(void)
{
int ret;
- cap_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "gb_authenticate");
+ cap_class = class_create("gb_authenticate");
if (IS_ERR(cap_class))
return PTR_ERR(cap_class);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/fw-management.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/fw-management.c
index 3342b84597dadc621b362a86a5f117f0cc25ef47..cd9141e4b794f36e6c600aa64c6e9631ba1b9abb 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/fw-management.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/fw-management.c
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ int fw_mgmt_init(void)
{
int ret;
- fw_mgmt_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "gb_fw_mgmt");
+ fw_mgmt_class = class_create("gb_fw_mgmt");
if (IS_ERR(fw_mgmt_class))
return PTR_ERR(fw_mgmt_class);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/raw.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/raw.c
index 2a375f407d3894764f4c899c4b2cbe247450173d..8bca8cb12cc6f2c07a22ced4046a832522a6e908 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/raw.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/raw.c
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ static int raw_init(void)
dev_t dev;
int retval;
- raw_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "gb_raw");
+ raw_class = class_create("gb_raw");
if (IS_ERR(raw_class)) {
retval = PTR_ERR(raw_class);
goto error_class;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/pi433/pi433_if.c b/drivers/staging/pi433/pi433_if.c
index b59f6a4cb611a56188bbd68b37470838b4b21bca..f08fdf06d5666a4022ac272b099a9d8176dc8887 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/pi433/pi433_if.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/pi433/pi433_if.c
@@ -1400,7 +1400,7 @@ static int __init pi433_init(void)
if (status < 0)
return status;
- pi433_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "pi433");
+ pi433_class = class_create("pi433");
if (IS_ERR(pi433_class)) {
unregister_chrdev(MAJOR(pi433_dev),
pi433_spi_driver.driver.name);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_user.c b/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_user.c
index 4e533c0bfe6db2fcfa6d1ddb075071e88341a64e..b9367b575d004d7090797a490e63b154bef292cd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_user.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_user.c
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ static int vme_user_probe(struct vme_dev *vdev)
}
/* Create sysfs entries - on udev systems this creates the dev files */
- vme_user_sysfs_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, driver_name);
+ vme_user_sysfs_class = class_create(driver_name);
if (IS_ERR(vme_user_sysfs_class)) {
dev_err(&vdev->dev, "Error creating vme_user class.\n");
err = PTR_ERR(vme_user_sysfs_class);
diff --git a/drivers/tee/tee_core.c b/drivers/tee/tee_core.c
index 452cbb8ad48416022ae97c091f501e4993d1835f..0eb342de0b00183ce73d93a676897ba98bb734ea 100644
--- a/drivers/tee/tee_core.c
+++ b/drivers/tee/tee_core.c
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ static int __init tee_init(void)
{
int rc;
- tee_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "tee");
+ tee_class = class_create("tee");
if (IS_ERR(tee_class)) {
pr_err("couldn't create class\n");
return PTR_ERR(tee_class);
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 36fb945fdad4891dad904718b60076a46223dfe1..1382d9050ce8be44d72f98024d2b18072c788fa3 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -3512,7 +3512,7 @@ static char *tty_devnode(const struct device *dev, umode_t *mode)
static int __init tty_class_init(void)
{
- tty_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "tty");
+ tty_class = class_create("tty");
if (IS_ERR(tty_class))
return PTR_ERR(tty_class);
tty_class->devnode = tty_devnode;
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
index 1dc07f9214d575e0ce583f7ddfbef68a06b28351..498ba9c0ee9374f971854009ce39f64dfef345b9 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ int __init vcs_init(void)
if (register_chrdev(VCS_MAJOR, "vcs", &vcs_fops))
panic("unable to get major %d for vcs device", VCS_MAJOR);
- vc_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "vc");
+ vc_class = class_create("vc");
device_create(vc_class, NULL, MKDEV(VCS_MAJOR, 0), NULL, "vcs");
device_create(vc_class, NULL, MKDEV(VCS_MAJOR, 64), NULL, "vcsu");
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 57a5c23b51d47429c4c1d2d5a7a80d16beb2b75b..5496bf4b76ec2faf4b10a1a8378f415302c2a5eb 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -4241,7 +4241,7 @@ static int __init vtconsole_class_init(void)
{
int i;
- vtconsole_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "vtconsole");
+ vtconsole_class = class_create("vtconsole");
if (IS_ERR(vtconsole_class)) {
pr_warn("Unable to create vt console class; errno = %ld\n",
PTR_ERR(vtconsole_class));
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/file.c b/drivers/usb/core/file.c
index da7d88e069e6c098ec1823013cb8b15d5ff53787..c4ed3310e06965cb789e173b397143e8ec5af7c1 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/file.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/file.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static int init_usb_class(void)
}
kref_init(&usb_class->kref);
- usb_class->class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "usbmisc");
+ usb_class->class = class_create("usbmisc");
if (IS_ERR(usb_class->class)) {
result = PTR_ERR(usb_class->class);
printk(KERN_ERR "class_create failed for usb devices\n");
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_hid.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_hid.c
index a8da3b4a2855a1afce86d1a3863754aad9c7da6a..9f6b101341210d5711be7935212d343c6f74edb2 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_hid.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_hid.c
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ int ghid_setup(struct usb_gadget *g, int count)
int status;
dev_t dev;
- hidg_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "hidg");
+ hidg_class = class_create("hidg");
if (IS_ERR(hidg_class)) {
status = PTR_ERR(hidg_class);
hidg_class = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_printer.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_printer.c
index 4903d761a87241d85c8528285c052d5adb85c1e4..28db3e336e7db877c3138a6742fb0c289b9127c2 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_printer.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_printer.c
@@ -1512,7 +1512,7 @@ static int gprinter_setup(int count)
int status;
dev_t devt;
- usb_gadget_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "usb_printer_gadget");
+ usb_gadget_class = class_create("usb_printer_gadget");
if (IS_ERR(usb_gadget_class)) {
status = PTR_ERR(usb_gadget_class);
usb_gadget_class = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c
index 23b0629a877431325c3f2f35f900388d9494d2cb..df930b041c33748fb0995e018c189b270f44ff9d 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c
@@ -1758,7 +1758,7 @@ static int __init usb_udc_init(void)
{
int rc;
- udc_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "udc");
+ udc_class = class_create("udc");
if (IS_ERR(udc_class)) {
pr_err("failed to create udc class --> %ld\n",
PTR_ERR(udc_class));
diff --git a/drivers/usb/mon/mon_bin.c b/drivers/usb/mon/mon_bin.c
index abb1cd35d8a67b57b6b148b1ce72e7ba8077004a..952c5678925856376aa1111314b324df679ccdbd 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/mon/mon_bin.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/mon/mon_bin.c
@@ -1379,7 +1379,7 @@ int __init mon_bin_init(void)
{
int rc;
- mon_bin_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "usbmon");
+ mon_bin_class = class_create("usbmon");
if (IS_ERR(mon_bin_class)) {
rc = PTR_ERR(mon_bin_class);
goto err_class;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/roles/class.c b/drivers/usb/roles/class.c
index 56814ef80c24a5aa2aa2b484337a72c60f218427..0395bd5dbd3efe498516d8169925527d20bb2ce1 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/roles/class.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/roles/class.c
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_role_switch_get_drvdata);
static int __init usb_roles_init(void)
{
- role_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "usb_role");
+ role_class = class_create("usb_role");
return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(role_class);
}
subsys_initcall(usb_roles_init);
diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/vduse_dev.c b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/vduse_dev.c
index 0c3b48616a9f360fb0cd8167540cf813f2828c35..c421b83f6fa2f425576ab170bc5e8da9b4d685f8 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/vduse_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/vduse_dev.c
@@ -1793,7 +1793,7 @@ static int vduse_init(void)
int ret;
struct device *dev;
- vduse_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "vduse");
+ vduse_class = class_create("vduse");
if (IS_ERR(vduse_class))
return PTR_ERR(vduse_class);
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/group.c b/drivers/vfio/group.c
index 27d5ba7cf9dcd467fb92aaf683c66655354faf18..fc75c1000d7401a1c36c09749642374c65b228de 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/group.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/group.c
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ int __init vfio_group_init(void)
return ret;
/* /dev/vfio/$GROUP */
- vfio.class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "vfio");
+ vfio.class = class_create("vfio");
if (IS_ERR(vfio.class)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(vfio.class);
goto err_group_class;
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c b/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c
index 43bd6b76e2b6f4586c6b024675fcd4174988f1c4..9ae671b98592d1ec7feb499357c065e36c7d2f40 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c
@@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ static int __init vfio_init(void)
goto err_virqfd;
/* /sys/class/vfio-dev/vfioX */
- vfio.device_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "vfio-dev");
+ vfio.device_class = class_create("vfio-dev");
if (IS_ERR(vfio.device_class)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(vfio.device_class);
goto err_dev_class;
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
index 6eea72aa8dbff6982bc9767deb8ef4d811d11be8..9a885d398c2289dd5039601a2df9b502a3c19a74 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ static void __exit backlight_class_exit(void)
static int __init backlight_class_init(void)
{
- backlight_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "backlight");
+ backlight_class = class_create("backlight");
if (IS_ERR(backlight_class)) {
pr_warn("Unable to create backlight class; errno = %ld\n",
PTR_ERR(backlight_class));
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c b/drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c
index db56e465aaff312846adcbaca7d92d1ad75c4970..77c5cb2a44e25d7eb798162f8b6dc25c0e60e233 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ static void __exit lcd_class_exit(void)
static int __init lcd_class_init(void)
{
- lcd_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "lcd");
+ lcd_class = class_create("lcd");
if (IS_ERR(lcd_class)) {
pr_warn("Unable to create backlight class; errno = %ld\n",
PTR_ERR(lcd_class));
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
index 875541ff185bf365f2a046e55c2421d50790649a..b073795d99d01247522684afb1ac12163055b0af 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
@@ -1749,7 +1749,7 @@ fbmem_init(void)
goto err_chrdev;
}
- fb_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "graphics");
+ fb_class = class_create("graphics");
if (IS_ERR(fb_class)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(fb_class);
pr_warn("Unable to create fb class; errno = %d\n", ret);
diff --git a/fs/coda/psdev.c b/fs/coda/psdev.c
index b39580ad4ce514096c14ee836c4cf298ba2e15f3..3c31485884916b44060dac68707ad188cb65b1bf 100644
--- a/fs/coda/psdev.c
+++ b/fs/coda/psdev.c
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ static int __init init_coda_psdev(void)
__func__, CODA_PSDEV_MAJOR);
return -EIO;
}
- coda_psdev_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "coda");
+ coda_psdev_class = class_create("coda");
if (IS_ERR(coda_psdev_class)) {
err = PTR_ERR(coda_psdev_class);
goto out_chrdev;
diff --git a/fs/fuse/cuse.c b/fs/fuse/cuse.c
index 179a5c5e28fdb68becded9089fc750a34dd02f44..91e89e68177ee4bd686a920b9dfad4978d8d5062 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/cuse.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/cuse.c
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ static int __init cuse_init(void)
/* CUSE is not prepared for FUSE_DEV_IOC_CLONE */
cuse_channel_fops.unlocked_ioctl = NULL;
- cuse_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "cuse");
+ cuse_class = class_create("cuse");
if (IS_ERR(cuse_class))
return PTR_ERR(cuse_class);
diff --git a/fs/pstore/pmsg.c b/fs/pstore/pmsg.c
index ab82e5f05346413eea55a94b10db40ceaa1d1490..aa178304bc036dc6b3d6271ae75fe63c9518153f 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/pmsg.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/pmsg.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ void pstore_register_pmsg(void)
goto err;
}
- pmsg_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, PMSG_NAME);
+ pmsg_class = class_create(PMSG_NAME);
if (IS_ERR(pmsg_class)) {
pr_err("device class file already in use\n");
goto err_class;
diff --git a/include/linux/device/class.h b/include/linux/device/class.h
index bf736f14f0c1bb7c2b5dfbee623ac9477ea6ec53..cda598fc5fa074d572cc877c408cfe1742bd0a21 100644
--- a/include/linux/device/class.h
+++ b/include/linux/device/class.h
@@ -256,7 +256,6 @@ extern void class_destroy(struct class *cls);
/**
* class_create - create a struct class structure
- * @owner: dummy pointer, does nothing, will be removed soon.
* @name: pointer to a string for the name of this class.
*
* This is used to create a struct class pointer that can then be used
@@ -267,7 +266,7 @@ extern void class_destroy(struct class *cls);
* Note, the pointer created here is to be destroyed when finished by
* making a call to class_destroy().
*/
-#define class_create(owner, name) \
+#define class_create(name) \
({ \
static struct lock_class_key __key; \
__class_create(name, &__key); \
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index a53b9360b72ec8cf3bfd8af86486a56de1b6be5a..ad011308cebe0d39115f00283dbb1a7e5eb038c0 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(bdi_dev);
static __init int bdi_class_init(void)
{
- bdi_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "bdi");
+ bdi_class = class_create("bdi");
if (IS_ERR(bdi_class))
return PTR_ERR(bdi_class);
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_sysfs.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_sysfs.c
index 08542dfc2dc53b21082a3a9fe34e4c4fded87c57..2934d7f4d564d91155d829a1191a31be0755cdc7 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_sysfs.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_sysfs.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ void hci_init_sysfs(struct hci_dev *hdev)
int __init bt_sysfs_init(void)
{
- bt_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "bluetooth");
+ bt_class = class_create("bluetooth");
return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(bt_class);
}
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_IDLETIMER.c b/net/netfilter/xt_IDLETIMER.c
index 8d36303f393514276d870795ab89f9f8e6336ff9..db720efa811d58cb4dffa14fe0dccfa8dcb152c8 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_IDLETIMER.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_IDLETIMER.c
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ static int __init idletimer_tg_init(void)
{
int err;
- idletimer_tg_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "xt_idletimer");
+ idletimer_tg_class = class_create("xt_idletimer");
err = PTR_ERR(idletimer_tg_class);
if (IS_ERR(idletimer_tg_class)) {
pr_debug("couldn't register device class\n");
diff --git a/samples/vfio-mdev/mbochs.c b/samples/vfio-mdev/mbochs.c
index e54eb752e1ba8912a0c1f86b7b10cb5475633103..a3d3249639d02ffd2d39228b072b36c667647ca5 100644
--- a/samples/vfio-mdev/mbochs.c
+++ b/samples/vfio-mdev/mbochs.c
@@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@ static int __init mbochs_dev_init(void)
if (ret)
goto err_cdev;
- mbochs_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, MBOCHS_CLASS_NAME);
+ mbochs_class = class_create(MBOCHS_CLASS_NAME);
if (IS_ERR(mbochs_class)) {
pr_err("Error: failed to register mbochs_dev class\n");
ret = PTR_ERR(mbochs_class);
diff --git a/samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy.c b/samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy.c
index e8400fdab71daaa87861689dff72009ff1539e1d..ef1630fc5a913c2eec90d235cc4137c719e4ad3a 100644
--- a/samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy.c
+++ b/samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy.c
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ static int __init mdpy_dev_init(void)
if (ret)
goto err_cdev;
- mdpy_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, MDPY_CLASS_NAME);
+ mdpy_class = class_create(MDPY_CLASS_NAME);
if (IS_ERR(mdpy_class)) {
pr_err("Error: failed to register mdpy_dev class\n");
ret = PTR_ERR(mdpy_class);
diff --git a/samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.c b/samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.c
index e887de672c526e1eab9844b2da701ed0bb8b7a2c..0b6c386e620df0a4227f85b93837f9b6f95ded79 100644
--- a/samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.c
+++ b/samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.c
@@ -1316,7 +1316,7 @@ static int __init mtty_dev_init(void)
if (ret)
goto err_cdev;
- mtty_dev.vd_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, MTTY_CLASS_NAME);
+ mtty_dev.vd_class = class_create(MTTY_CLASS_NAME);
if (IS_ERR(mtty_dev.vd_class)) {
pr_err("Error: failed to register mtty_dev class\n");
diff --git a/sound/sound_core.c b/sound/sound_core.c
index 3e7dd6fcb7cf9d205211ba29dd87f72dcd98a329..4f6911274d56488d85e10724e1327f1b91041acb 100644
--- a/sound/sound_core.c
+++ b/sound/sound_core.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static int __init init_soundcore(void)
if (rc)
return rc;
- sound_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "sound");
+ sound_class = class_create("sound");
if (IS_ERR(sound_class)) {
cleanup_oss_soundcore();
return PTR_ERR(sound_class);
diff --git a/tools/testing/nvdimm/test/ndtest.c b/tools/testing/nvdimm/test/ndtest.c
index 01ceb98c15a08e5bbc81444897c8cfb761f55ffd..3eba10c1e3e8f67e1b00339a5c147761901e3635 100644
--- a/tools/testing/nvdimm/test/ndtest.c
+++ b/tools/testing/nvdimm/test/ndtest.c
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ static __init int ndtest_init(void)
nfit_test_setup(ndtest_resource_lookup, NULL);
- ndtest_dimm_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "nfit_test_dimm");
+ ndtest_dimm_class = class_create("nfit_test_dimm");
if (IS_ERR(ndtest_dimm_class)) {
rc = PTR_ERR(ndtest_dimm_class);
goto err_register;
diff --git a/tools/testing/nvdimm/test/nfit.c b/tools/testing/nvdimm/test/nfit.c
index c75abb497a1ac6798bde371a56f63b04d1085c58..45b1c072e349cf6f5cd4a376bbc3acd265b8a489 100644
--- a/tools/testing/nvdimm/test/nfit.c
+++ b/tools/testing/nvdimm/test/nfit.c
@@ -3282,7 +3282,7 @@ static __init int nfit_test_init(void)
if (!nfit_wq)
return -ENOMEM;
- nfit_test_dimm = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "nfit_test_dimm");
+ nfit_test_dimm = class_create("nfit_test_dimm");
if (IS_ERR(nfit_test_dimm)) {
rc = PTR_ERR(nfit_test_dimm);
goto err_register;