linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] i3c: fix refcount inconsistency in i3c_master

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Message-ID: <8b9e079f-c119-4dc9-a489-9cfc8e322c27@web.de>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 17:07:38 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Frank Li <Frank.Li@....com>, linux-i3c@...ts.infradead.org,
 Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Boris Brezillon <bbrezillon@...nel.org>,
 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: imx@...ts.linux.dev, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, Shuhao Fu <sfual@....ust.hk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] i3c: fix refcount inconsistency in i3c_master_register

> In `i3c_master_register`, a possible refcount inconsistency has been
> identified, causing possible resource leak.
…

* Can it be preferred to refer to the term “reference count”?

* Would it be helpful to append parentheses to function names at more places?


Regards,
Markus