media: em28xx: use v4l2_device release callback

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The em28xx driver creates a lot of video devices, but life-time management
is really bad. Instead use the struct v4l2_device release() callback to
have a single place where memory can be freed once the last user has gone.

Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-7
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>

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Hans Verkuil 2026-05-19 12:07:59 +02:00 • committed by Mauro Carvalho Chehab

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drivers/media/usb/em28xx/em28xx-video.c

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