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>
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This one fell out when sending v2 of the series:

	https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260306085144.12064-2-johan@kernel.org/

so posting again separately.

Sorry for the mess.

Johan


 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c
index d35ed56d6db9..9a64df9eed39 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c
@@ -986,7 +986,6 @@ int rtl_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 	init_completion(&rtlpriv->firmware_loading_complete);
 	SET_IEEE80211_DEV(hw, &intf->dev);
 	udev = interface_to_usbdev(intf);
-	usb_get_dev(udev);
 	usb_priv = rtl_usbpriv(hw);
 	memset(usb_priv, 0, sizeof(*usb_priv));
 	usb_priv->dev.intf = intf;
@@ -1038,7 +1037,6 @@ int rtl_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 	rtl_deinit_core(hw);
 error_out2:
 	_rtl_usb_io_handler_release(hw);
-	usb_put_dev(udev);
 	kfree(rtlpriv->usb_data);
 	ieee80211_free_hw(hw);
 	return -ENODEV;
@@ -1050,7 +1048,6 @@ void rtl_usb_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
 	struct ieee80211_hw *hw = usb_get_intfdata(intf);
 	struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv = rtl_priv(hw);
 	struct rtl_mac *rtlmac = rtl_mac(rtl_priv(hw));
-	struct rtl_usb *rtlusb = rtl_usbdev(rtl_usbpriv(hw));
 
 	if (unlikely(!rtlpriv))
 		return;
@@ -1072,7 +1069,6 @@ void rtl_usb_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
 	kfree(rtlpriv->usb_data);
 	rtlpriv->cfg->ops->deinit_sw_vars(hw);
 	_rtl_usb_io_handler_release(hw);
-	usb_put_dev(rtlusb->udev);
 	usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL);
 	ieee80211_free_hw(hw);
 }
-- 
2.52.0

Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org> wrote:

> 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>

1 patch(es) applied to rtw-next branch of rtw.git, thanks.

fc25b384fc0b wifi: rtlwifi: usb: drop redundant device reference

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https://github.com/pkshih/rtw.git