From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AD4D630F812; Sat, 7 Mar 2026 03:30:07 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1772854207; cv=none; b=Rs28/LdpyQlObqzY0Poeq2gMihsTSJvUkzdTEVTQ7M4tt4WKBpBEEWT/vINzFNlhu0rENYKCK64CePAM636Hy5oz4Ts7vs7QtehPSMVjDB6HS9BihNwJOHHv/VXnB5mE0bFr62cmqyAgqAdSxEsWpfFaazqrzY9euwKSbs3mFNs= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1772854207; c=relaxed/simple; bh=0tmablCA/bNk8cZ7LJmdOP0lfOQxP6ewLH2P7yb2+4c=; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Subject:From:Message-Id:Date:References: In-Reply-To:To:Cc; b=k5XO8Auegb5RF1WFhnsDC9nN++SbntlsRNdUc2NmHBNQ4wJxfXKU/O2Gmhb+cCh3vcSx6TAS9rbthDR52RzMBcD6EBACaMU2Ry6jN1amhZf9G6Ns4+x3opWPtB3ReWsDKqny+RQN5l+vZxrpEjUW0BE9pbz9RhZ//nfNK7fFW8Y= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=O/3ngELX; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="O/3ngELX" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 420EAC19422; Sat, 7 Mar 2026 03:30:07 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1772854207; bh=0tmablCA/bNk8cZ7LJmdOP0lfOQxP6ewLH2P7yb2+4c=; h=Subject:From:Date:References:In-Reply-To:To:Cc:From; b=O/3ngELXPyO5OSGqMeGO9e2kAd8Z+DYKbEsw1kEbJdoIZxGg5CRSJhZlGkwZGe7V/ pZcfHKAt6Z95Td5z5qoSMLzzsJwrbGoD0o2Z1Wc/OT1W3qBq3dXYjWI2auBVd3ho1a Zp/rhmQM/bT5cKUqHLRls8lD7xaPfksxr0MslqajkvIFlW4gbdDqvnQcOmRULB+b/t upJEZOjbT/Onb/h/6XRbj7b2QArhJ1btSn0uzYvRpCI/f9jeKPRaGoYORBSrmIUQSl wQS31wFXTV22l4Dx+Nw3hb2aJ84M9mww/9Jtgn5NMfhtUL48cdSjn1Gg1d11/5qFc2 qyNiOH/DA2TYw== Received: from [10.30.226.235] (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by aws-us-west-2-korg-oddjob-rhel9-1.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CEE53808200; Sat, 7 Mar 2026 03:30:07 +0000 (UTC) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: usb: lan78xx: drop redundant device reference From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org Message-Id: <177285420605.140745.14809539628005382506.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2026 03:30:06 +0000 References: <20260305105006.16415-1-johan@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: <20260305105006.16415-1-johan@kernel.org> To: Johan Hovold Cc: Thangaraj.S@microchip.com, Rengarajan.S@microchip.com, UNGLinuxDriver@microchip.com, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello: This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main) by Jakub Kicinski : On Thu, 5 Mar 2026 11:50:06 +0100 you 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. > > [...] Here is the summary with links: - net: usb: lan78xx: drop redundant device reference https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/f4ac0cc88e99 You are awesome, thank you! -- Deet-doot-dot, I am a bot. https://korg.docs.kernel.org/patchwork/pwbot.html