[PATCH] net: drop pointless .bind methods

Rasmus Villemoes rv at rasmusvillemoes.dk
Mon Jul 13 21:30:43 CEST 2026


Considering that device_set_name() does

  int device_set_name(struct udevice *dev, const char *name)
  {
	name = strdup(name);
	if (!name)
		return -ENOMEM;
	dev->name = name;
	device_set_name_alloced(dev);

	return 0;
  }

it should be pretty clear that these .bind methods are at best
pointless (there's a fixup for device_set_name() en route that will
make this not a memory leak).

I presume one of them got added by mistake and the remaining are
cargo-culted, but regardless, just remove them to prevent yet more
copies of this anti-pattern to appear.

Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <rv at rasmusvillemoes.dk>
---
 drivers/net/dm9000x.c    | 6 ------
 drivers/net/ftmac100.c   | 6 ------
 drivers/net/ks8851_mll.c | 6 ------
 drivers/net/smc911x.c    | 6 ------
 4 files changed, 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/dm9000x.c b/drivers/net/dm9000x.c
index 9e17f0b9c28..53225979b66 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dm9000x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dm9000x.c
@@ -638,11 +638,6 @@ static int dm9000_read_rom_hwaddr(struct udevice *dev)
 	return !is_valid_ethaddr(pdata->enetaddr);
 }
 
-static int dm9000_bind(struct udevice *dev)
-{
-	return device_set_name(dev, dev->name);
-}
-
 static int dm9000_of_to_plat(struct udevice *dev)
 {
 	struct dm9000_priv *db = dev_get_priv(dev);
@@ -673,7 +668,6 @@ U_BOOT_DRIVER(dm9000) = {
 	.name		= "eth_dm9000",
 	.id		= UCLASS_ETH,
 	.of_match	= dm9000_ids,
-	.bind		= dm9000_bind,
 	.of_to_plat = dm9000_of_to_plat,
 	.ops		= &dm9000_ops,
 	.priv_auto	= sizeof(struct dm9000_priv),
diff --git a/drivers/net/ftmac100.c b/drivers/net/ftmac100.c
index fa0b3dbb6d1..d9826178e82 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ftmac100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ftmac100.c
@@ -429,11 +429,6 @@ static int ftmac100_remove(struct udevice *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int ftmac100_bind(struct udevice *dev)
-{
-	return device_set_name(dev, dev->name);
-}
-
 static const struct eth_ops ftmac100_ops = {
 	.start	= ftmac100_start,
 	.send	= ftmac100_send,
@@ -451,7 +446,6 @@ U_BOOT_DRIVER(ftmac100) = {
 	.name	= "ftmac100",
 	.id	= UCLASS_ETH,
 	.of_match = ftmac100_ids,
-	.bind	= ftmac100_bind,
 	.of_to_plat = ftmac100_of_to_plat,
 	.probe	= ftmac100_probe,
 	.remove = ftmac100_remove,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ks8851_mll.c b/drivers/net/ks8851_mll.c
index 2c956154d09..c2f87d4222b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ks8851_mll.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ks8851_mll.c
@@ -571,11 +571,6 @@ static int ks8851_read_rom_hwaddr(struct udevice *dev)
 	return !is_valid_ethaddr(pdata->enetaddr);
 }
 
-static int ks8851_bind(struct udevice *dev)
-{
-	return device_set_name(dev, dev->name);
-}
-
 static int ks8851_probe(struct udevice *dev)
 {
 	struct ks_net *ks = dev_get_priv(dev);
@@ -615,7 +610,6 @@ U_BOOT_DRIVER(ks8851) = {
 	.name		= "eth_ks8851",
 	.id		= UCLASS_ETH,
 	.of_match	= ks8851_ids,
-	.bind		= ks8851_bind,
 	.of_to_plat = ks8851_of_to_plat,
 	.probe		= ks8851_probe,
 	.ops		= &ks8851_ops,
diff --git a/drivers/net/smc911x.c b/drivers/net/smc911x.c
index f39ba40944f..2835eb45856 100644
--- a/drivers/net/smc911x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/smc911x.c
@@ -431,11 +431,6 @@ static int smc911x_read_rom_hwaddr(struct udevice *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int smc911x_bind(struct udevice *dev)
-{
-	return device_set_name(dev, dev->name);
-}
-
 static int smc911x_probe(struct udevice *dev)
 {
 	struct smc911x_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
@@ -487,7 +482,6 @@ U_BOOT_DRIVER(smc911x) = {
 	.name		= "eth_smc911x",
 	.id		= UCLASS_ETH,
 	.of_match	= smc911x_ids,
-	.bind		= smc911x_bind,
 	.of_to_plat = smc911x_of_to_plat,
 	.probe		= smc911x_probe,
 	.ops		= &smc911x_ops,
-- 
2.55.0



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