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[rdma-next,v1,3/5] RDMA/bnxt_re: Get rid of custom module reference counting

Message ID 20210329085212.257771-4-leon@kernel.org (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
Delegated to: Netdev Maintainers
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Series Get rid of custom made module dependency | expand

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Commit Message

Leon Romanovsky March 29, 2021, 8:52 a.m. UTC 
From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>

Instead of manually messing with parent driver module reference
counting rely on export symbol mechanism to ensure that proper
probe/remove chain is performed.

Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
---
 drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c | 16 ++--------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c
index 140c54ee5916..8bfbf0231a9e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c
@@ -601,13 +601,6 @@  static struct bnxt_re_dev *bnxt_re_from_netdev(struct net_device *netdev)
 	return container_of(ibdev, struct bnxt_re_dev, ibdev);
 }
 
-static void bnxt_re_dev_unprobe(struct net_device *netdev,
-				struct bnxt_en_dev *en_dev)
-{
-	dev_put(netdev);
-	module_put(en_dev->pdev->driver->driver.owner);
-}
-
 static struct bnxt_en_dev *bnxt_re_dev_probe(struct net_device *netdev)
 {
 	struct bnxt_en_dev *en_dev;
@@ -628,10 +621,6 @@  static struct bnxt_en_dev *bnxt_re_dev_probe(struct net_device *netdev)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 	}
 
-	/* Bump net device reference count */
-	if (!try_module_get(pdev->driver->driver.owner))
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
-
 	dev_hold(netdev);
 
 	return en_dev;
@@ -1558,13 +1547,12 @@  static int bnxt_re_dev_init(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev, u8 wqe_mode)
 
 static void bnxt_re_dev_unreg(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev)
 {
-	struct bnxt_en_dev *en_dev = rdev->en_dev;
 	struct net_device *netdev = rdev->netdev;
 
 	bnxt_re_dev_remove(rdev);
 
 	if (netdev)
-		bnxt_re_dev_unprobe(netdev, en_dev);
+		dev_put(netdev);
 }
 
 static int bnxt_re_dev_reg(struct bnxt_re_dev **rdev, struct net_device *netdev)
@@ -1586,7 +1574,7 @@  static int bnxt_re_dev_reg(struct bnxt_re_dev **rdev, struct net_device *netdev)
 	*rdev = bnxt_re_dev_add(netdev, en_dev);
 	if (!*rdev) {
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
-		bnxt_re_dev_unprobe(netdev, en_dev);
+		dev_put(netdev);
 		goto exit;
 	}
 exit: