linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sparc: Fix a reference leak in central_build

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Message-ID: <222e3744-554b-44ba-80d2-a40fc4e9bed0@web.de>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:48:51 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Haoxiang Li <haoxiang_li2024@....com>, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Andreas Larsson <andreas@...sler.com>, "David S. Miller"
 <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sparc: Fix a reference leak in central_build_irq()

> Call put_device() once central_op is no longer needed, preventing
> a reference leak.

How do you think about to apply the attribute “__free(put_device)” here?
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.17-rc5/source/include/linux/device.h#L1180

Regards,
Markus