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Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 06:31:12 -0800
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	stable <stable@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] nfc: pn533: properly drop the usb interface
 reference on disconnect
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On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 09:17:00AM +0000, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 12:28:30PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > When the device is disconnected from the driver, there is a "dangling"
> > reference count on the usb interface that was grabbed in the probe
> > callback.  Fix this up by properly dropping the reference after we are
> > done with it.
> > 
> > Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
> > Assisted-by: gkh_clanker_2000
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> 
> Hi Greg,
> 
> As a fix, a Fixes tag seems appropriate.
> This seems to have been there since the beginning, so perhaps this one:
> 
> Fixes: c46ee38620a2 ("NFC: pn533: add NXP pn533 nfc device driver")

Fair enough, I don't normally add Fixes: tags for my stuff as it's me
doing the backports to stable kernels once they hit Linus's tree :)

> That notwithstanding, this looks good to me.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>

thanks for the review!

greg k-h