From: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>,
Francesco Dolcini <francesco@dolcini.it>,
Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>,
Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>,
Ryder Lee <ryder.lee@mediatek.com>,
Shayne Chen <shayne.chen@mediatek.com>,
Sean Wang <sean.wang@mediatek.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@wp.pl>,
Hin-Tak Leung <hintak.leung@gmail.com>,
Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@gmail.com>,
Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>,
Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@microchip.com>,
Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>,
Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@tuxon.dev>,
Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@gmail.com>,
AngeloGioacchino Del Regno
<angelogioacchino.delregno@collabora.com>,
libertas-dev@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 01/13] wifi: at76c50x: drop redundant device reference
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 12:07:01 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260305110713.17725-2-johan@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260305110713.17725-1-johan@kernel.org>
Driver core holds a reference to the USB interface and its parent USB
device while the interface is bound to a driver and there is no need to
take additional references unless the structures are needed after
disconnect.
Drop the redundant device reference to reduce cargo culting, make it
easier to spot drivers where an extra reference is needed, and reduce
the risk of memory leaks when drivers fail to release it.
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
---
drivers/net/wireless/atmel/at76c50x-usb.c | 12 ++++--------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/atmel/at76c50x-usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/atmel/at76c50x-usb.c
index 6445332801a4..44b04ea3cc8b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/atmel/at76c50x-usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/atmel/at76c50x-usb.c
@@ -2440,13 +2440,11 @@ static int at76_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
struct mib_fw_version *fwv;
int board_type = (int)id->driver_info;
- udev = usb_get_dev(interface_to_usbdev(interface));
+ udev = interface_to_usbdev(interface);
fwv = kmalloc_obj(*fwv);
- if (!fwv) {
- ret = -ENOMEM;
- goto exit;
- }
+ if (!fwv)
+ return -ENOMEM;
/* Load firmware into kernel memory */
fwe = at76_load_firmware(udev, board_type);
@@ -2534,8 +2532,7 @@ static int at76_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
exit:
kfree(fwv);
- if (ret < 0)
- usb_put_dev(udev);
+
return ret;
}
@@ -2552,7 +2549,6 @@ static void at76_disconnect(struct usb_interface *interface)
wiphy_info(priv->hw->wiphy, "disconnecting\n");
at76_delete_device(priv);
- usb_put_dev(interface_to_usbdev(interface));
dev_info(&interface->dev, "disconnected\n");
}
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-05 11:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-05 11:07 [PATCH 00/13] wifi: drop redundant USB device references Johan Hovold
2026-03-05 11:07 ` Johan Hovold [this message]
2026-03-05 11:07 ` [PATCH 02/13] wifi: libertas: drop redundant device reference Johan Hovold
2026-03-05 11:07 ` [PATCH 03/13] wifi: libertas_tf: " Johan Hovold
2026-03-05 11:07 ` [PATCH 04/13] wifi: mwifiex: " Johan Hovold
2026-03-06 9:46 ` Francesco Dolcini
2026-03-05 11:07 ` [PATCH 05/13] wifi: mt76: " Johan Hovold
2026-03-05 11:07 ` [PATCH 06/13] wifi: mt76x0u: " Johan Hovold
2026-03-05 11:07 ` [PATCH 07/13] wifi: mt76x2u: " Johan Hovold
2026-03-05 11:07 ` [PATCH 08/13] wifi: mt76: mt792xu: " Johan Hovold
2026-03-05 11:07 ` [PATCH 09/13] wifi: mt7601u: " Johan Hovold
2026-03-05 11:07 ` [PATCH 10/13] wifi: rt2x00: " Johan Hovold
2026-03-05 13:37 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
2026-03-05 14:15 ` Johan Hovold
2026-03-05 16:52 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
2026-03-05 11:07 ` [PATCH 11/13] wifi: rtl818x: " Johan Hovold
2026-03-05 11:07 ` [PATCH 12/13] wifi: rtl8xxxu: " Johan Hovold
2026-03-05 11:07 ` [PATCH 13/13] wifi: rtlwifi: usb: " Johan Hovold
2026-03-06 1:40 ` [PATCH 00/13] wifi: drop redundant USB device references Ping-Ke Shih
2026-03-06 8:09 ` Johan Hovold
2026-03-06 9:04 ` Ping-Ke Shih
2026-03-06 9:34 ` Johan Hovold
2026-03-06 9:36 ` Ping-Ke Shih
2026-03-06 9:49 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
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