net: wwan: core: explicit WWAN device reference counting

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We need information about existing WWAN device children since we remove
the device after removing the last child. Previously, we tracked users
implicitly by checking whether ops was registered and existence of a
child device of the wwan_class class. Upcoming GNSS (NMEA) port type
support breaks this approach by introducing a child device of the
gnss_class class.

And a modem driver can easily trigger a kernel Oops by removing regular
(e.g., MBIM, AT) ports first and then removing a GNSS port. The WWAN
device will be unregistered on removal of a last regular WWAN port. And
subsequent GNSS port removal will cause NULL pointer dereference in
simple_recursive_removal().

In order to support ports of classes other than wwan_class, switch to
explicit references counting. Introduce a dedicated counter to the WWAN
device struct, increment it on every wwan_create_dev() call, decrement
on wwan_remove_dev(), and actually unregister the WWAN device when there
are no more references.

Run tested with wwan_hwsim with NMEA support patches applied and
different port removing sequences.

Reported-by: Daniele Palmas <dnlplm@gmail.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CAGRyCJE28yf-rrfkFbzu44ygLEvoUM7fecK1vnrghjG_e9UaRA@mail.gmail.com/
Suggested-by: Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@oss.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260126062158.308598-3-slark_xiao@163.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

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