From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c | 16 ++-------------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) 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: -- 2.30.2