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 7A14E36A014; Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:17:04 +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=1771924624; cv=none; b=jclR+oWoHC51Kn7OI7PDj4yTqphppPOl8g9oEVDnt7dcyuZOnXKWyfo9GjKvKx1M9gwIACxzaki8nJJAHqG5+k1/87ND+WIFDzcvRjgb9w7H/tKdrQRaTjWcHjZgQF3M4OOufBQh+lMl04CKHsxmM/DwFDUoMbnCWyJ09BawicM= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1771924624; c=relaxed/simple; bh=bCAUlUrU7b/lK/XX51Q7Asfc1v6AxvxtJzC0VYV7Tjo=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=dCz0SbjVaL+vhUXY5yIUUVgc9I/oYquzXppzLpqFPERZFKu7RVgn3XRnIaJnjAnEuPGYXsJ2tj3fQHPrqHept2EWY1CnqVpUlWcpUoTLv1ewqUrAwnMUQ8F5r10O5SV73s7lyG1r0UO9rcD9B/+D1qY1CKW1qGOKOrAikXjF2is= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=qHsAx0dW; 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="qHsAx0dW" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 11445C116D0; Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:17:02 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1771924624; bh=bCAUlUrU7b/lK/XX51Q7Asfc1v6AxvxtJzC0VYV7Tjo=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=qHsAx0dWLSHJkafHRge8RZ0V4yirJ3gAMf/N81kkhweTDSqGb9srUWc+JZfWjBBLb Alf5UujSbocRSNV4YjKev7eOzG3JkZSRqUONgq7lXZJJ196MhGWRWKS16iJMPegH0r 6Qlx3YRQ/dt1kMOQbxKgF7zFAS2nQvcQVnzdVPYclDiURMJkOuHILziTHmRmwxXi/I 56m3S42lUaoRE50Laieu9IDc8XFFYUyF++TU5DRlhFhwaA/+qwqZ53lNmDKaG+hUCe UAc19eQqQsyNdMwG3wxEPHqkDwZMgmnsOVFHJTy8I8ovWxkKaHEimsABN8FytAeFdQ k7SlI+NFO0VeQ== Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:17:00 +0000 From: Simon Horman To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable Subject: Re: [PATCH net] nfc: pn533: properly drop the usb interface reference on disconnect Message-ID: References: <2026022329-flashing-ought-7573@gregkh> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2026022329-flashing-ought-7573@gregkh> 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 > Assisted-by: gkh_clanker_2000 > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman 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") That notwithstanding, this looks good to me. Reviewed-by: Simon Horman