[PATCH v4 09/10] nvmem: remove duplicated reference counting
From: Bartosz Golaszewski
Date: Thu May 21 2026 - 11:25:14 EST
Commit c1de7f43bd84 ("nvmem: use kref") introduced reference counting
with kref to an already reference counted nvmem_device structure. We
only need one refcount so use the one provded by device's kobject and
drop the kref field from struct nvmem_device.
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/nvmem/core.c | 82 ++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
drivers/nvmem/internals.h | 1 -
2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
index c59c5f0e8a253eaedc0c6b180c7273a6c53ee1ac..2c6d058a20d97e039f42e45c7b8d4305344c4ba0 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
@@ -535,24 +535,6 @@ static void nvmem_sysfs_remove_compat(struct nvmem_device *nvmem)
#endif /* CONFIG_NVMEM_SYSFS */
-static void nvmem_release(struct device *dev)
-{
- struct nvmem_device *nvmem = to_nvmem_device(dev);
-
- ida_free(&nvmem_ida, nvmem->id);
- gpiod_put(nvmem->wp_gpio);
- kfree(nvmem->ops);
- kfree(nvmem);
-}
-
-static const struct device_type nvmem_provider_type = {
- .release = nvmem_release,
-};
-
-static const struct bus_type nvmem_bus_type = {
- .name = "nvmem",
-};
-
static void nvmem_cell_entry_drop(struct nvmem_cell_entry *cell)
{
blocking_notifier_call_chain(&nvmem_notifier, NVMEM_CELL_REMOVE, cell);
@@ -571,6 +553,25 @@ static void nvmem_device_remove_all_cells(const struct nvmem_device *nvmem)
nvmem_cell_entry_drop(cell);
}
+static void nvmem_release(struct device *dev)
+{
+ struct nvmem_device *nvmem = to_nvmem_device(dev);
+
+ gpiod_put(nvmem->wp_gpio);
+ nvmem_device_remove_all_cells(nvmem);
+ ida_free(&nvmem_ida, nvmem->id);
+ kfree(nvmem->ops);
+ kfree(nvmem);
+}
+
+static const struct device_type nvmem_provider_type = {
+ .release = nvmem_release,
+};
+
+static const struct bus_type nvmem_bus_type = {
+ .name = "nvmem",
+};
+
static void nvmem_cell_entry_add(struct nvmem_cell_entry *cell)
{
scoped_guard(mutex, &nvmem_mutex)
@@ -934,6 +935,7 @@ struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_config *config)
nvmem->dev.type = &nvmem_provider_type;
nvmem->dev.bus = &nvmem_bus_type;
nvmem->dev.parent = config->dev;
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nvmem->cells);
nvmem->ops = ops;
device_initialize(&nvmem->dev);
@@ -947,8 +949,6 @@ struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_config *config)
goto err_put_device;
}
- kref_init(&nvmem->refcnt);
- INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nvmem->cells);
nvmem->fixup_dt_cell_info = config->fixup_dt_cell_info;
ops->reg_read = config->reg_read;
@@ -1009,24 +1009,24 @@ struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_config *config)
if (config->cells) {
rval = nvmem_add_cells(nvmem, config->cells, config->ncells);
if (rval)
- goto err_remove_cells;
+ goto err_remove_compat;
}
if (config->add_legacy_fixed_of_cells) {
rval = nvmem_add_cells_from_legacy_of(nvmem);
if (rval)
- goto err_remove_cells;
+ goto err_remove_compat;
}
rval = nvmem_add_cells_from_fixed_layout(nvmem);
if (rval)
- goto err_remove_cells;
+ goto err_remove_compat;
dev_dbg(&nvmem->dev, "Registering nvmem device %s\n", config->name);
rval = device_add(&nvmem->dev);
if (rval)
- goto err_remove_cells;
+ goto err_remove_compat;
rval = nvmem_populate_layout(nvmem);
if (rval)
@@ -1048,8 +1048,7 @@ struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_config *config)
#endif
err_remove_dev:
device_del(&nvmem->dev);
-err_remove_cells:
- nvmem_device_remove_all_cells(nvmem);
+err_remove_compat:
nvmem_sysfs_remove_compat(nvmem);
err_put_device:
put_device(&nvmem->dev);
@@ -1058,21 +1057,6 @@ struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_config *config)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmem_register);
-static void nvmem_device_release(struct kref *kref)
-{
- struct nvmem_device *nvmem;
-
- nvmem = container_of(kref, struct nvmem_device, refcnt);
-
- blocking_notifier_call_chain(&nvmem_notifier, NVMEM_REMOVE, nvmem);
-
- nvmem_sysfs_remove_compat(nvmem);
-
- nvmem_device_remove_all_cells(nvmem);
- nvmem_destroy_layout(nvmem);
- device_unregister(&nvmem->dev);
-}
-
/**
* nvmem_unregister() - Unregister previously registered nvmem device
*
@@ -1080,8 +1064,15 @@ static void nvmem_device_release(struct kref *kref)
*/
void nvmem_unregister(struct nvmem_device *nvmem)
{
- if (nvmem)
- kref_put(&nvmem->refcnt, nvmem_device_release);
+ if (!nvmem)
+ return;
+
+ blocking_notifier_call_chain(&nvmem_notifier, NVMEM_REMOVE, nvmem);
+
+ nvmem_sysfs_remove_compat(nvmem);
+ nvmem_destroy_layout(nvmem);
+
+ device_unregister(&nvmem->dev);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmem_unregister);
@@ -1142,8 +1133,6 @@ static struct nvmem_device *nvmem_device_match(void *data,
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
}
- kref_get(&nvmem->refcnt);
-
return nvmem;
}
@@ -1259,9 +1248,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_nvmem_device_put);
*/
void nvmem_device_put(struct nvmem_device *nvmem)
{
- put_device(&nvmem->dev);
module_put(nvmem->owner);
- kref_put(&nvmem->refcnt, nvmem_device_release);
+ put_device(&nvmem->dev);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmem_device_put);
diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/internals.h b/drivers/nvmem/internals.h
index 070eef89ffca78fe033aaaada0f91c257fe2f166..60daa79c404dc915872481bd3b02de2258d33406 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/internals.h
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/internals.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ struct nvmem_device {
int stride;
int word_size;
int id;
- struct kref refcnt;
size_t size;
bool read_only;
bool root_only;
--
2.47.3