[PATCH] media: cx231xx: drop redundant device reference

From: Johan Hovold

Date: Thu Mar 05 2026 - 08:05:58 EST


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@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/usb/cx231xx/cx231xx-cards.c | 5 +----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/cx231xx/cx231xx-cards.c b/drivers/media/usb/cx231xx/cx231xx-cards.c
index b64a37d1acf4..b75535d6abaf 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/cx231xx/cx231xx-cards.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/cx231xx/cx231xx-cards.c
@@ -1369,8 +1369,6 @@ void cx231xx_release_resources(struct cx231xx *dev)

cx231xx_unregister_media_device(dev);

- usb_put_dev(dev->udev);
-
/* Mark device as unused */
clear_bit(dev->devno, &cx231xx_devused);
}
@@ -1719,7 +1717,7 @@ static int cx231xx_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
}
} while (test_and_set_bit(nr, &cx231xx_devused));

- udev = usb_get_dev(interface_to_usbdev(interface));
+ udev = interface_to_usbdev(interface);

/* allocate memory for our device state and initialize it */
dev = devm_kzalloc(&udev->dev, sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -1915,7 +1913,6 @@ static int cx231xx_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
err_media_init:
usb_set_intfdata(interface, NULL);
err_if:
- usb_put_dev(udev);
clear_bit(nr, &cx231xx_devused);
return retval;
}
--
2.52.0