From: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>
To: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>, <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: rtw89: drop redundant device reference
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:04:37 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <da0d54d8-1d59-4138-a80f-63b97b1d525a@RTKEXHMBS06.realtek.com.tw> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260306093206.21081-1-johan@kernel.org>
Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org> 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 the redundant device reference 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 it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
1 patch(es) applied to rtw-next branch of rtw.git, thanks.
c2a21f35cea4 wifi: rtw89: drop redundant device reference
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https://github.com/pkshih/rtw.git
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2026-03-06 9:32 [PATCH] wifi: rtw89: drop redundant device reference Johan Hovold
2026-03-16 6:04 ` Ping-Ke Shih [this message]
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