netdev - [patch net-next 3/8] devlink: remove linecard reference counting

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Message-Id: <20230107094909.530239-4-jiri@resnulli.us>
Date:   Sat,  7 Jan 2023 10:49:04 +0100
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
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Subject: [patch net-next 3/8] devlink: remove linecard reference counting

From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>

As long as the linecard live time is protected by devlink instance
lock, the reference counting is no longer needed. Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
---
 net/devlink/leftover.c | 14 ++------------
 net/devlink/netlink.c  |  5 -----
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/devlink/leftover.c b/net/devlink/leftover.c
index 4b01b15f8659..2208711b4b18 100644
--- a/net/devlink/leftover.c
+++ b/net/devlink/leftover.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ struct devlink_linecard {
 	struct list_head list;
 	struct devlink *devlink;
 	unsigned int index;
-	refcount_t refcount;
 	const struct devlink_linecard_ops *ops;
 	void *priv;
 	enum devlink_linecard_state state;
@@ -285,7 +284,6 @@ devlink_linecard_get_from_attrs(struct devlink *devlink, struct nlattr **attrs)
 		linecard = devlink_linecard_get_by_index(devlink, linecard_index);
 		if (!linecard)
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
-		refcount_inc(&linecard->refcount);
 		return linecard;
 	}
 	return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
@@ -297,14 +295,6 @@ devlink_linecard_get_from_info(struct devlink *devlink, struct genl_info *info)
 	return devlink_linecard_get_from_attrs(devlink, info->attrs);
 }
 
-void devlink_linecard_put(struct devlink_linecard *linecard)
-{
-	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&linecard->refcount)) {
-		mutex_destroy(&linecard->state_lock);
-		kfree(linecard);
-	}
-}
-
 struct devlink_sb {
 	struct list_head list;
 	unsigned int index;
@@ -10268,7 +10258,6 @@ devl_linecard_create(struct devlink *devlink, unsigned int linecard_index,
 	}
 
 	list_add_tail(&linecard->list, &devlink->linecard_list);
-	refcount_set(&linecard->refcount, 1);
 	devlink_linecard_notify(linecard, DEVLINK_CMD_LINECARD_NEW);
 	return linecard;
 }
@@ -10284,7 +10273,8 @@ void devl_linecard_destroy(struct devlink_linecard *linecard)
 	devlink_linecard_notify(linecard, DEVLINK_CMD_LINECARD_DEL);
 	list_del(&linecard->list);
 	devlink_linecard_types_fini(linecard);
-	devlink_linecard_put(linecard);
+	mutex_destroy(&linecard->state_lock);
+	kfree(linecard);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devl_linecard_destroy);
 
diff --git a/net/devlink/netlink.c b/net/devlink/netlink.c
index b5b8ac6db2d1..3f2ab4360f11 100644
--- a/net/devlink/netlink.c
+++ b/net/devlink/netlink.c
@@ -170,14 +170,9 @@ static int devlink_nl_pre_doit(const struct genl_split_ops *ops,
 static void devlink_nl_post_doit(const struct genl_split_ops *ops,
 				 struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 {
-	struct devlink_linecard *linecard;
 	struct devlink *devlink;
 
 	devlink = info->user_ptr[0];
-	if (ops->internal_flags & DEVLINK_NL_FLAG_NEED_LINECARD) {
-		linecard = info->user_ptr[1];
-		devlink_linecard_put(linecard);
-	}
 	devl_unlock(devlink);
 	devlink_put(devlink);
 }
-- 
2.39.0