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From: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>
To: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>,
	Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@kernel.org>,
	linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: diolan-u2c: drop redundant device reference
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 13:03:37 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <aa63GdPpNMk_aroH@shikoro> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260305125221.11009-1-johan@kernel.org>

On Thu, Mar 05, 2026 at 01:52:21PM +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 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>

Applied to for-next, thanks!


      reply	other threads:[~2026-03-09 12:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-05 12:52 [PATCH] i2c: diolan-u2c: drop redundant device reference Johan Hovold
2026-03-09 12:03 ` Wolfram Sang [this message]

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