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wifi: rt2x00: drop redundant device reference
authorJohan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Fri, 6 Mar 2026 08:51:41 +0000 (09:51 +0100)
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Fri, 6 Mar 2026 09:59:10 +0000 (10:59 +0100)
commit6f29eda7b77a9d44382bbeb99fe8a4c93b11aabb
tree3bba01aa4c8e18c1f507ef99807cb5ed542b486d
parentb1af0de313bde1539c2501ef6849791010950387
wifi: rt2x00: drop redundant device reference

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.

Acked-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@wp.pl>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260306085144.12064-16-johan@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c