linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] ax25: Fix refcount leak issues of ax25

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Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 19:33:38 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Duoming Zhou <duoming@....edu.cn>, linux-hams@...r.kernel.org,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
 "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Jörg Reuter
 <jreuter@...na.de>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>, lars@...bit.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ax25: Fix refcount leak issues of ax25_dev

…
> In order to mitigate the above issues, only increase
> the refcount of ax25_dev when the ax25_dev is added
> to the ax25_dev_list and decrease the refcount of
> ax25_dev after it is removed from the ax25_dev_list.
…

* I suggest to use more than 53 characters in lines of such a change description.

* Can it be nicer to mention also the term “reference counting” for
  an improved commit message?

Regards,
Markus