Subject: [PATCH 12/12] driver core: remove driver_set_override()

From: Danilo Krummrich <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 01:59:16 +0100

All buses have been converted from driver_set_override() to the generic
driver_override infrastructure introduced in commit cb3d1049f4ea
("driver core: generalize driver_override in struct device").

Buses now either opt into the generic sysfs callbacks via the
bus_type::driver_override flag, or use device_set_driver_override() /
__device_set_driver_override() directly.

Thus, remove the now-unused driver_set_override() helper.

Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220789
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <[email-masked]>
---
 drivers/base/driver.c         | 75 -----------------------------------
 include/linux/device/driver.h |  2 -
 2 files changed, 77 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c
index 8ab010ddf709..7ed834f7199c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/base/driver.c
@@ -30,81 +30,6 @@ static struct device *next_device(struct klist_iter *i)
 	return dev;
 }
 
-/**
- * driver_set_override() - Helper to set or clear driver override.
- * @dev: Device to change
- * @override: Address of string to change (e.g. &device->driver_override);
- *            The contents will be freed and hold newly allocated override.
- * @s: NUL-terminated string, new driver name to force a match, pass empty
- *     string to clear it ("" or "\n", where the latter is only for sysfs
- *     interface).
- * @len: length of @s
- *
- * Helper to set or clear driver override in a device, intended for the cases
- * when the driver_override field is allocated by driver/bus code.
- *
- * Returns: 0 on success or a negative error code on failure.
- */
-int driver_set_override(struct device *dev, const char **override,
-			const char *s, size_t len)
-{
-	const char *new, *old;
-	char *cp;
-
-	if (!override || !s)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	/*
-	 * The stored value will be used in sysfs show callback (sysfs_emit()),
-	 * which has a length limit of PAGE_SIZE and adds a trailing newline.
-	 * Thus we can store one character less to avoid truncation during sysfs
-	 * show.
-	 */
-	if (len >= (PAGE_SIZE - 1))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	/*
-	 * Compute the real length of the string in case userspace sends us a
-	 * bunch of \0 characters like python likes to do.
-	 */
-	len = strlen(s);
-
-	if (!len) {
-		/* Empty string passed - clear override */
-		device_lock(dev);
-		old = *override;
-		*override = NULL;
-		device_unlock(dev);
-		kfree(old);
-
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	cp = strnchr(s, len, '\n');
-	if (cp)
-		len = cp - s;
-
-	new = kstrndup(s, len, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!new)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	device_lock(dev);
-	old = *override;
-	if (cp != s) {
-		*override = new;
-	} else {
-		/* "\n" passed - clear override */
-		kfree(new);
-		*override = NULL;
-	}
-	device_unlock(dev);
-
-	kfree(old);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(driver_set_override);
-
 /**
  * driver_for_each_device - Iterator for devices bound to a driver.
  * @drv: Driver we're iterating.
diff --git a/include/linux/device/driver.h b/include/linux/device/driver.h
index bbc67ec513ed..aa3465a369f0 100644
--- a/include/linux/device/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/device/driver.h
@@ -160,8 +160,6 @@ int __must_check driver_create_file(const struct device_driver *driver,
 void driver_remove_file(const struct device_driver *driver,
 			const struct driver_attribute *attr);
 
-int driver_set_override(struct device *dev, const char **override,
-			const char *s, size_t len);
 int __must_check driver_for_each_device(struct device_driver *drv, struct device *start,
 					void *data, device_iter_t fn);
 struct device *driver_find_device(const struct device_driver *drv,
-- 
2.53.0