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driver core: remove device_change_owner() export 

The function, device_change_owner() is exported for modules to use,
but there are no in-kernel users of it, so remove the export to prevent
out-of-tree code from thinking this is a safe function to call.

Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel) <rafael@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/2026020543-molar-childcare-af20@gregkh
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Greg Kroah-Hartman 2026-02-05 14:09:43 +01:00
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@ -4781,7 +4781,6 @@ int device_change_owner(struct device *dev, kuid_t kuid, kgid_t kgid)
put_device(dev);
return error;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_change_owner);
/**
* device_shutdown - call ->shutdown() on each device to shutdown.