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From: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
To: Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@waldekranz.com>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] net: mdio: mvusb: drop redundant device reference
Date: Thu,  5 Mar 2026 11:47:22 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260305104722.16217-1-johan@kernel.org> (raw)

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/mdio/mdio-mvusb.c | 10 ++--------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-mvusb.c b/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-mvusb.c
index 554837c21e73..f9c16c731c73 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-mvusb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-mvusb.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static int mvusb_mdio_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
 
 	mvusb = mdio->priv;
 	mvusb->mdio = mdio;
-	mvusb->udev = usb_get_dev(interface_to_usbdev(interface));
+	mvusb->udev = interface_to_usbdev(interface);
 
 	/* Reversed from USB PCAPs, no idea what these mean. */
 	mvusb->buf[MVUSB_CMD_PREAMBLE0] = cpu_to_le16(0xe800);
@@ -90,23 +90,17 @@ static int mvusb_mdio_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
 	usb_set_intfdata(interface, mvusb);
 	ret = of_mdiobus_register(mdio, dev->of_node);
 	if (ret)
-		goto put_dev;
+		return ret;
 
 	return 0;
-
-put_dev:
-	usb_put_dev(mvusb->udev);
-	return ret;
 }
 
 static void mvusb_mdio_disconnect(struct usb_interface *interface)
 {
 	struct mvusb_mdio *mvusb = usb_get_intfdata(interface);
-	struct usb_device *udev = mvusb->udev;
 
 	mdiobus_unregister(mvusb->mdio);
 	usb_set_intfdata(interface, NULL);
-	usb_put_dev(udev);
 }
 
 static struct usb_driver mvusb_mdio_driver = {
-- 
2.52.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-03-05 10:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-05 10:47 Johan Hovold [this message]
2026-03-07  3:19 ` [PATCH] net: mdio: mvusb: drop redundant device reference Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-09  8:22   ` Johan Hovold

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