There are no drivers which use this functionality.

Signed-off-by: David Härdeman <da...@hardeman.nu>
---
 drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c             |   94 +------------------------------
 drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c |    1 
 include/media/lirc_dev.h                |   16 -----
 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 109 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
index 7f13ed479e1c..5c2b009b6d50 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <linux/unistd.h>
-#include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/cdev.h>
@@ -57,9 +56,6 @@ struct irctl {
 
        struct device dev;
        struct cdev cdev;
-
-       struct task_struct *task;
-       long jiffies_to_wait;
 };
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(lirc_dev_lock);
@@ -95,59 +91,6 @@ static void lirc_release(struct device *ld)
        kfree(ir);
 }
 
-/*  helper function
- *  reads key codes from driver and puts them into buffer
- *  returns 0 on success
- */
-static int lirc_add_to_buf(struct irctl *ir)
-{
-       int res;
-       int got_data = -1;
-
-       if (!ir->d.add_to_buf)
-               return 0;
-
-       /*
-        * service the device as long as it is returning
-        * data and we have space
-        */
-       do {
-               got_data++;
-               res = ir->d.add_to_buf(ir->d.data, ir->buf);
-       } while (!res);
-
-       if (res == -ENODEV)
-               kthread_stop(ir->task);
-
-       return got_data ? 0 : res;
-}
-
-/* main function of the polling thread
- */
-static int lirc_thread(void *irctl)
-{
-       struct irctl *ir = irctl;
-
-       do {
-               if (ir->open) {
-                       if (ir->jiffies_to_wait) {
-                               set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
-                               schedule_timeout(ir->jiffies_to_wait);
-                       }
-                       if (kthread_should_stop())
-                               break;
-                       if (!lirc_add_to_buf(ir))
-                               wake_up_interruptible(&ir->buf->wait_poll);
-               } else {
-                       set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
-                       schedule();
-               }
-       } while (!kthread_should_stop());
-
-       return 0;
-}
-
-
 static const struct file_operations lirc_dev_fops = {
        .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
        .read           = lirc_dev_fop_read,
@@ -252,18 +195,8 @@ static int lirc_allocate_driver(struct lirc_driver *d)
                return -EBADRQC;
        }
 
-       if (d->sample_rate) {
-               if (2 > d->sample_rate || HZ < d->sample_rate) {
-                       dev_err(d->dev, "invalid %d sample rate\n",
-                                                       d->sample_rate);
-                       return -EBADRQC;
-               }
-               if (!d->add_to_buf) {
-                       dev_err(d->dev, "add_to_buf not set\n");
-                       return -EBADRQC;
-               }
-       } else if (!d->rbuf && !(d->fops && d->fops->read &&
-                               d->fops->poll && d->fops->unlocked_ioctl)) {
+       if (!d->rbuf && !(d->fops && d->fops->read &&
+                         d->fops->poll && d->fops->unlocked_ioctl)) {
                dev_err(d->dev, "undefined read, poll, ioctl\n");
                return -EBADRQC;
        }
@@ -312,22 +245,6 @@ static int lirc_allocate_driver(struct lirc_driver *d)
        dev_set_name(&ir->dev, "lirc%d", ir->d.minor);
        device_initialize(&ir->dev);
 
-       if (d->sample_rate) {
-               ir->jiffies_to_wait = HZ / d->sample_rate;
-
-               /* try to fire up polling thread */
-               ir->task = kthread_run(lirc_thread, (void *)ir, "lirc_dev");
-               if (IS_ERR(ir->task)) {
-                       dev_err(d->dev, "cannot run thread for minor = %d\n",
-                                                               d->minor);
-                       err = -ECHILD;
-                       goto out_sysfs;
-               }
-       } else {
-               /* it means - wait for external event in task queue */
-               ir->jiffies_to_wait = 0;
-       }
-
        err = lirc_cdev_add(ir);
        if (err)
                goto out_sysfs;
@@ -404,10 +321,6 @@ int lirc_unregister_driver(int minor)
                return -ENOENT;
        }
 
-       /* end up polling thread */
-       if (ir->task)
-               kthread_stop(ir->task);
-
        dev_dbg(ir->d.dev, "lirc_dev: driver %s unregistered from minor = %d\n",
                ir->d.name, ir->d.minor);
 
@@ -470,9 +383,6 @@ int lirc_dev_fop_open(struct inode *inode, struct file 
*file)
        if (ir->buf)
                lirc_buffer_clear(ir->buf);
 
-       if (ir->task)
-               wake_up_process(ir->task);
-
        ir->open++;
 
        nonseekable_open(inode, file);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c 
b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c
index 436cf1b6a70a..8d8fd8b164e2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c
@@ -1385,7 +1385,6 @@ static struct lirc_driver lirc_template = {
        .minor          = -1,
        .code_length    = 13,
        .buffer_size    = BUFLEN / 2,
-       .sample_rate    = 0, /* tell lirc_dev to not start its own kthread */
        .chunk_size     = 2,
        .fops           = &lirc_fops,
        .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
diff --git a/include/media/lirc_dev.h b/include/media/lirc_dev.h
index 71c1c11950fe..01649b009922 100644
--- a/include/media/lirc_dev.h
+++ b/include/media/lirc_dev.h
@@ -133,12 +133,6 @@ static inline unsigned int lirc_buffer_write(struct 
lirc_buffer *buf,
  * @buffer_size:       Number of FIFO buffers with @chunk_size size. If zero,
  *                     creates a buffer with BUFLEN size (16 bytes).
  *
- * @sample_rate:       if zero, the device will wait for an event with a new
- *                     code to be parsed. Otherwise, specifies the sample
- *                     rate for polling. Value should be between 0
- *                     and HZ. If equal to HZ, it would mean one polling per
- *                     second.
- *
  * @features:          lirc compatible hardware features, like LIRC_MODE_RAW,
  *                     LIRC_CAN\_\*, as defined at include/media/lirc.h.
  *
@@ -153,14 +147,6 @@ static inline unsigned int lirc_buffer_write(struct 
lirc_buffer *buf,
  * @max_timeout:       Maximum timeout for record. Valid only if
  *                     LIRC_CAN_SET_REC_TIMEOUT is defined.
  *
- * @add_to_buf:                add_to_buf will be called after specified 
period of the
- *                     time or triggered by the external event, this behavior
- *                     depends on value of the sample_rate this function will
- *                     be called in user context. This routine should return
- *                     0 if data was added to the buffer and -ENODATA if none
- *                     was available. This should add some number of bits
- *                     evenly divisible by code_length to the buffer.
- *
  * @rbuf:              if not NULL, it will be used as a read buffer, you will
  *                     have to write to the buffer by other means, like irq's
  *                     (see also lirc_serial.c).
@@ -184,7 +170,6 @@ struct lirc_driver {
        int minor;
        __u32 code_length;
        unsigned int buffer_size; /* in chunks holding one code each */
-       int sample_rate;
        __u32 features;
 
        unsigned int chunk_size;
@@ -192,7 +177,6 @@ struct lirc_driver {
        void *data;
        int min_timeout;
        int max_timeout;
-       int (*add_to_buf)(void *data, struct lirc_buffer *buf);
        struct lirc_buffer *rbuf;
        struct rc_dev *rdev;
        const struct file_operations *fops;

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