From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 472C6374732; Fri, 6 Mar 2026 08:52:16 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1772787136; cv=none; b=o7iRMsXXrrvZ69uEVsU4y2e19bB3FOwe12oKRCjfftgp6I4CKrrI9TWvlllFl2rQKWNfDsgYdn8sYnBfR7C9rd+SFpTf5UnGkvN2jn/2NUjwfTaicWaOvbaphIR9o4k+1eMU6ANHhX/eJk4biZLAUQ/3RjDWMvH4VEzrQNE2JbY= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1772787136; c=relaxed/simple; bh=NAiZqhx2oUYerFceltwHy39/hwOjKejdOi1pvDPT46M=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=DUWDoCGE1A27WCo9Pw1AQm05EpCego8K74byUjnDADlQTt+1ARfjpubrIbd+r0BhaVUkGDLXcSq1QqKqltX2ihnvmkO9caxrZK5iJNelBZFx92hv00ePhnn4jsLXYuxCNyC2dzr05K5gL2zTZfokTtHJCz04wnNOg6O0/Xg4b+w= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=atldsAuE; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="atldsAuE" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BAB94C2BD00; Fri, 6 Mar 2026 08:52:15 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1772787135; bh=NAiZqhx2oUYerFceltwHy39/hwOjKejdOi1pvDPT46M=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=atldsAuEvpPkmPoqtTEpB6yLhgXMGWekk9BzauzOG9Nrra7tdMUU2n0C6WZaVpIO1 YEME+i+5mj9ZQ3aYPWHZYGbbLUti2WgpR+GMuLG6pbUYuFuV2jgjbyW9yJKJvcdjbQ W5skiFMy8SPu4aW1kNeASMlenif2NNv+0HnIL3H1wPGwxjDqDpb5MPK4XEHVbIQ66E 7y4dgjFPkhnWqUu0SAaaQ496nSu14Jdcx9IIFzfpZRN73FOdhNxWJed4vlesLSZJqI lIm8bOUX8ifBa6HfdmAD/EpF+lH4OnT11pz+zPC9frmFnBIhYKeUQ36ZWdBhCdn/g9 1w22iK7Mp7kmw== Received: from johan by xi.lan with local (Exim 4.98.2) (envelope-from ) id 1vyQur-000000003Ar-00Av; Fri, 06 Mar 2026 09:52:13 +0100 From: Johan Hovold To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Cc: Jeff Johnson , =?UTF-8?q?Toke=20H=C3=B8iland-J=C3=B8rgensen?= , Brian Norris , Francesco Dolcini , Felix Fietkau , Lorenzo Bianconi , Ryder Lee , Shayne Chen , Sean Wang , Jakub Kicinski , Stanislaw Gruszka , Hin-Tak Leung , Jes Sorensen , Ping-Ke Shih , Nicolas Ferre , Alexandre Belloni , Claudiu Beznea , Matthias Brugger , AngeloGioacchino Del Regno , Greg Kroah-Hartman , libertas-dev@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Johan Hovold Subject: [PATCH v2 17/18] wifi: rtl8xxxu: drop redundant device reference Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 09:51:43 +0100 Message-ID: <20260306085144.12064-18-johan@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.52.0 In-Reply-To: <20260306085144.12064-1-johan@kernel.org> References: <20260306085144.12064-1-johan@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 --- drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/core.c | 11 +++-------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/core.c index 794187d28caa..f131ca09ae43 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/core.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/core.c @@ -7698,7 +7698,7 @@ static int rtl8xxxu_probe(struct usb_interface *interface, int ret; int untested = 1; - udev = usb_get_dev(interface_to_usbdev(interface)); + udev = interface_to_usbdev(interface); switch (id->idVendor) { case USB_VENDOR_ID_REALTEK: @@ -7756,10 +7756,8 @@ static int rtl8xxxu_probe(struct usb_interface *interface, } hw = ieee80211_alloc_hw(sizeof(struct rtl8xxxu_priv), &rtl8xxxu_ops); - if (!hw) { - ret = -ENOMEM; - goto err_put_dev; - } + if (!hw) + return -ENOMEM; priv = hw->priv; priv->hw = hw; @@ -7901,8 +7899,6 @@ static int rtl8xxxu_probe(struct usb_interface *interface, mutex_destroy(&priv->h2c_mutex); ieee80211_free_hw(hw); -err_put_dev: - usb_put_dev(udev); return ret; } @@ -7935,7 +7931,6 @@ static void rtl8xxxu_disconnect(struct usb_interface *interface) "Device still attached, trying to reset\n"); usb_reset_device(priv->udev); } - usb_put_dev(priv->udev); ieee80211_free_hw(hw); } -- 2.52.0