[PATCH] devfs: kill devfs_register_partition

fs/devfs/util.c

@@ -254,14 +254,3 @@ void devfs_dealloc_devnum(umode_t mode, dev_t devnum)
 	}
 	up(&device_list_mutex);
 }
-
-void devfs_register_partition(struct gendisk *dev, int part)
-{
-	char devname[64];
-
-	sprintf(devname, "%s/part%d", dev->devfs_name, part);
-	devfs_register(NULL, devname, 0,
-			dev->major, dev->first_minor + part,
-			S_IFBLK | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
-			dev->fops, NULL);
-}

fs/partitions/check.c

@@ -251,7 +251,11 @@ void add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int part, sector_t start, sector_t len)
 
 	p->start_sect = start;
 	p->nr_sects = len;
-	devfs_register_partition(disk, part);
+
+	devfs_mk_bdev(MKDEV(disk->major, disk->first_minor + part),
+			S_IFBLK|S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR,
+			"%s/part%d", disk->devfs_name, part);
+
 	snprintf(p->kobj.name,KOBJ_NAME_LEN,"%s%d",disk->kobj.name,part);
 	p->kobj.parent = &disk->kobj;
 	p->kobj.ktype = &ktype_part;