pr_debug("device class '%s': release.\n", cd->class_id);
 
-       kfree(cd->devt_attr);
-       cd->devt_attr = NULL;
-
        if (cd->release)
                cd->release(cd);
        else if (cls->release)
        return print_dev_t(buf, class_dev->devt);
 }
 
+static struct class_device_attribute class_devt_attr =
+       __ATTR(dev, S_IRUGO, show_dev, NULL);
+
 static ssize_t store_uevent(struct class_device *class_dev,
                            const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
        return count;
 }
 
+static struct class_device_attribute class_uevent_attr =
+       __ATTR(uevent, S_IWUSR, NULL, store_uevent);
+
 void class_device_initialize(struct class_device *class_dev)
 {
        kobj_set_kset_s(class_dev, class_obj_subsys);
                                  &parent_class->subsys.kobj, "subsystem");
        if (error)
                goto out3;
-       class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.name = "uevent";
-       class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.mode = S_IWUSR;
-       class_dev->uevent_attr.store = store_uevent;
-       error = class_device_create_file(class_dev, &class_dev->uevent_attr);
+
+       error = class_device_create_file(class_dev, &class_uevent_attr);
        if (error)
                goto out3;
 
        if (MAJOR(class_dev->devt)) {
-               struct class_device_attribute *attr;
-               attr = kzalloc(sizeof(*attr), GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (!attr) {
-                       error = -ENOMEM;
-                       goto out4;
-               }
-               attr->attr.name = "dev";
-               attr->attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
-               attr->show = show_dev;
-               error = class_device_create_file(class_dev, attr);
-               if (error) {
-                       kfree(attr);
+               error = class_device_create_file(class_dev, &class_devt_attr);
+               if (error)
                        goto out4;
-               }
-
-               class_dev->devt_attr = attr;
        }
 
        error = class_device_add_attrs(class_dev);
  out6:
        class_device_remove_attrs(class_dev);
  out5:
-       if (class_dev->devt_attr)
-               class_device_remove_file(class_dev, class_dev->devt_attr);
+       if (MAJOR(class_dev->devt))
+               class_device_remove_file(class_dev, &class_devt_attr);
  out4:
-       class_device_remove_file(class_dev, &class_dev->uevent_attr);
+       class_device_remove_file(class_dev, &class_uevent_attr);
  out3:
        kobject_del(&class_dev->kobj);
  out2:
                sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->kobj, "device");
        }
        sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->kobj, "subsystem");
-       class_device_remove_file(class_dev, &class_dev->uevent_attr);
-       if (class_dev->devt_attr)
-               class_device_remove_file(class_dev, class_dev->devt_attr);
+       class_device_remove_file(class_dev, &class_uevent_attr);
+       if (MAJOR(class_dev->devt))
+               class_device_remove_file(class_dev, &class_devt_attr);
        class_device_remove_attrs(class_dev);
        class_device_remove_groups(class_dev);
 
 
        return count;
 }
 
+static struct device_attribute uevent_attr =
+       __ATTR(uevent, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, show_uevent, store_uevent);
+
 static int device_add_attributes(struct device *dev,
                                 struct device_attribute *attrs)
 {
        return print_dev_t(buf, dev->devt);
 }
 
+static struct device_attribute devt_attr =
+       __ATTR(dev, S_IRUGO, show_dev, NULL);
+
 /*
  *     devices_subsys - structure to be registered with kobject core.
  */
                blocking_notifier_call_chain(&dev->bus->bus_notifier,
                                             BUS_NOTIFY_ADD_DEVICE, dev);
 
-       dev->uevent_attr.attr.name = "uevent";
-       dev->uevent_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR;
-       dev->uevent_attr.store = store_uevent;
-       dev->uevent_attr.show = show_uevent;
-       error = device_create_file(dev, &dev->uevent_attr);
+       error = device_create_file(dev, &uevent_attr);
        if (error)
                goto attrError;
 
        if (MAJOR(dev->devt)) {
-               struct device_attribute *attr;
-               attr = kzalloc(sizeof(*attr), GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (!attr) {
-                       error = -ENOMEM;
-                       goto ueventattrError;
-               }
-               attr->attr.name = "dev";
-               attr->attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
-               attr->show = show_dev;
-               error = device_create_file(dev, attr);
-               if (error) {
-                       kfree(attr);
+               error = device_create_file(dev, &devt_attr);
+               if (error)
                        goto ueventattrError;
-               }
-
-               dev->devt_attr = attr;
        }
 
        if (dev->class) {
                                             BUS_NOTIFY_DEL_DEVICE, dev);
        device_remove_attrs(dev);
  AttrsError:
-       if (dev->devt_attr) {
-               device_remove_file(dev, dev->devt_attr);
-               kfree(dev->devt_attr);
-       }
+       if (MAJOR(dev->devt))
+               device_remove_file(dev, &devt_attr);
 
        if (dev->class) {
                sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "subsystem");
                }
        }
  ueventattrError:
-       device_remove_file(dev, &dev->uevent_attr);
+       device_remove_file(dev, &uevent_attr);
  attrError:
        kobject_uevent(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
        kobject_del(&dev->kobj);
 
        if (parent)
                klist_del(&dev->knode_parent);
-       if (dev->devt_attr) {
-               device_remove_file(dev, dev->devt_attr);
-               kfree(dev->devt_attr);
-       }
+       if (MAJOR(dev->devt))
+               device_remove_file(dev, &devt_attr);
        if (dev->class) {
                sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "subsystem");
                /* If this is not a "fake" compatible device, remove the
                        up(&dev->class->sem);
                }
        }
-       device_remove_file(dev, &dev->uevent_attr);
+       device_remove_file(dev, &uevent_attr);
        device_remove_attrs(dev);
        bus_remove_device(dev);
 
 
  * @devt: for internal use by the driver core only.
  * @node: for internal use by the driver core only.
  * @kobj: for internal use by the driver core only.
- * @devt_attr: for internal use by the driver core only.
  * @groups: optional additional groups to be created
  * @dev: if set, a symlink to the struct device is created in the sysfs
  * directory for this struct class device.
        struct kobject          kobj;
        struct class            * class;        /* required */
        dev_t                   devt;           /* dev_t, creates the sysfs "dev" */
-       struct class_device_attribute *devt_attr;
-       struct class_device_attribute uevent_attr;
        struct device           * dev;          /* not necessary, but nice to have */
        void                    * class_data;   /* class-specific data */
        struct class_device     *parent;        /* parent of this child device, if there is one */
        struct device_type      *type;
        unsigned                is_registered:1;
        unsigned                uevent_suppress:1;
-       struct device_attribute uevent_attr;
-       struct device_attribute *devt_attr;
 
        struct semaphore        sem;    /* semaphore to synchronize calls to
                                         * its driver.