RE: [PATCH v2 00/18] wifi: drop redundant USB device references

[Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>]

Hi Johan,

Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 06, 2026 at 09:51:26AM +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > Driver core holds a reference to the USB interface and its parent USB
> > device while the interface is bound to a driver and there is no need to
> > take additional references unless the structures are needed after
> > disconnect.
> >
> > Drop redundant device references to reduce cargo culting, make it easier
> > to spot drivers where an extra reference is needed, and reduce the risk
> > of memory leaks when drivers fail to release them.
> 
> > Johan Hovold (18):
> 
> >   wifi: mt76: drop redundant device reference
> >   wifi: mt76x0u: drop redundant device reference
> >   wifi: mt76x2u: drop redundant device reference
> >   wifi: mt76: mt792xu: drop redundant device reference
> >   wifi: mt7601u: drop redundant device reference
> 
> All of these are now in linux-next except for the five Mediatek fixes.
> 
> Could someone pick them up as well? Not sure which tree they'd usually
> go through.

  wifi: rtl818x: drop redundant device reference
  wifi: rtl8xxxu: drop redundant device reference
  wifi: rtw88: fix device leak on probe failure

Realtek WiFi got merged into my tree (not in linux-next yet), and I plan to
send pull-request to wireless tree before 7.1 merge window. 

Ping-Ke