[media] lirc_zilog: Remove broken, ineffective reference counting
The set_use_inc() and set_use_dec() functions tried to lock the underlying bridge driver device instance in memory by changing the use count on the device's i2c_clients. This worked for PCI devices (ivtv, cx18, bttv). It doesn't work for hot-pluggable usb devices (pvrusb2 and hdpvr). With usb device instances, the driver may get locked into memory, but the unplugged hardware is gone. The set_use_inc() set_use_dec() functions also tried to have lirc_zilog change its own module refernce count, which is racy and not guaranteed to work. The lirc_dev module does actually perform proper module ref count manipulation on the lirc_zilog module, so there is need for lirc_zilog to attempt a buggy module get on itself anyway. lirc_zilog also errantly called these functions on itself in open() and close(), but lirc_dev did that already too. So let's just gut the bodies of the set_use_*() functions, and remove the extra calls to them from within lirc_zilog. Proper reference counting of the struct IR, IR_rx, and IR_tx objects -- to handle the case when the underlying bttv, ivtv, cx18, hdpvr, or pvrusb2 bridge driver module or device instance goes away -- will be added in subsequent patches. Signed-off-by: Andy Walls <awalls@md.metrocast.net> Signed-off-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
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