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 0F410145A1F; Wed, 11 Mar 2026 03:00:30 +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=1773198031; cv=none; b=rFfheV599geILsnmI9E1yKIej5dvaIMnG1IG9e73/6a0Ubu1PSRh0Vfr5Em8uA7aCYaXHrgiCTZPfc5MvgvXU36kcfcod1rexTH2gjWexeLiO+FmqmaBENzfycVho427oUYoQFfbPYKAZc4+qMDQFECBz3vitwlK82euy3roLbI= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1773198031; c=relaxed/simple; bh=hNi3uev7bsTl1AWa5hKkQAmSV6K/S8aDBqJ9gjCIKII=; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Subject:From:Message-Id:Date:References: In-Reply-To:To:Cc; b=eObVjsof1ky6GahJCqyfJlwnD//lu7VAZpAbIs6dYMT9ix8m3xHqqKG6Bn5jdJl31Pj/zNMSF1fe2yefK8x6/22swTtfhmEQMlM+0x33X+Uc3F5N08PUUEgcu2KxkkMuIGouGOGSlJCRdFuFg117Sfk6bWFQJ09GShTpMS3m2To= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=QCWwG7YK; 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="QCWwG7YK" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BEBECC19423; Wed, 11 Mar 2026 03:00:30 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1773198030; bh=hNi3uev7bsTl1AWa5hKkQAmSV6K/S8aDBqJ9gjCIKII=; h=Subject:From:Date:References:In-Reply-To:To:Cc:From; b=QCWwG7YK8G0Ncec3sH+7ZKPCoJCnZA+x0R1hZ+Rjli8igo0/8IJwIYsUTLpf2KkOD +fA6c7I1NRERjofwB4Lv2BhSj/4V4XU5e9eockFMAliDIHnosjdfX5w/lejZM4adtb lMSCRvReUyKoP3TETJi+IGTMJtLJloMl9T3nYCa4Z0XjYB5OnyDjMwd3gkTRyOjaK6 btL3VA+ezA4Zl75xgT/C6Zk4PVf+2CDvtINodPGEf3E3a5pF16n+dqG4vzxyjTn77l fzGZAoO12+Ki3J1dkKomZcqakeD7VQS9C6Z4ndUxVGtFMcCfBZCzvFhST0bs0f3Rb/ /yhON3Fp+QUbw== Received: from [10.30.226.235] (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by aws-us-west-2-korg-oddjob-rhel9-1.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CDEF3808200; Wed, 11 Mar 2026 03:00:28 +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 v2] net: mdio: mvusb: drop redundant device reference From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org Message-Id: <177319802729.3019253.16685225800132018422.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 03:00:27 +0000 References: <20260309082641.15574-1-johan@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: <20260309082641.15574-1-johan@kernel.org> To: Johan Hovold Cc: tobias@waldekranz.com, andrew@lunn.ch, hkallweit1@gmail.com, linux@armlinux.org.uk, 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 Mon, 9 Mar 2026 09:26:41 +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: - [v2] net: mdio: mvusb: drop redundant device reference https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/1a6ca6497a40 You are awesome, thank you! -- Deet-doot-dot, I am a bot. https://korg.docs.kernel.org/patchwork/pwbot.html