linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mfd: altera-sysmgr: fix device leak on sysmgr regmap lookup

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Message-ID: <28ac4cf6-f6e3-4c02-b4d5-8cba6d867318@web.de>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 21:28:50 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>, Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mfd: altera-sysmgr: fix device leak on sysmgr regmap
 lookup

> Make sure to drop the reference taken to the sysmgr platform device when
> retrieving its driver data.
…

How do you think about to increase the application of scope-based resource management?
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.17-rc7/source/include/linux/device.h#L1180

Regards,
Markus