netdev - [PATCH net-next] net: hns: hnae: remove unnecessary __module_get() and module

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Date:   Fri, 28 Oct 2022 15:34:57 +0800
From:   Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@...wei.com>
To:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <yisen.zhuang@...wei.com>, <salil.mehta@...wei.com>,
        <davem@...emloft.net>, <leon@...nel.org>, <kuba@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] net: hns: hnae: remove unnecessary __module_get() and module_put()

hnae_ae_register() is called from hns_dsaf_probe(), the refcount of
module hnae has already be got in resolve_symbol() while calling the
function, so the __module_get()/module_put() can be removed.

Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@...wei.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hnae.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hnae.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hnae.c
index 430eccea8e5e..9b26f0f2c748 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hnae.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hnae.c
@@ -424,8 +424,6 @@ int hnae_ae_register(struct hnae_ae_dev *hdev, struct module *owner)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
-
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&hdev->handle_list);
 	spin_lock_init(&hdev->lock);
 
@@ -445,7 +443,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(hnae_ae_register);
 void hnae_ae_unregister(struct hnae_ae_dev *hdev)
 {
 	device_unregister(&hdev->cls_dev);
-	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(hnae_ae_unregister);
 
-- 
2.25.1