linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] w1: fix redundant counter decrement in w1_attach_slave

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Message-Id: <176692073090.56515.4804717383085601959.b4-ty@kernel.org>
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2025 12:18:50 +0100
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To: zbr@...emap.net, minimumlaw@...bler.ru, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, 
 Haoxiang Li <lihaoxiang@...c.iscas.ac.cn>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] w1: fix redundant counter decrement in
 w1_attach_slave_device()


On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 19:14:14 +0800, Haoxiang Li wrote:
> In w1_attach_slave_device(), if __w1_attach_slave_device() fails,
> put_device() -> w1_slave_release() is called to do the cleanup job.
> In w1_slave_release(), sl->family->refcnt and sl->master->slave_count
> have already been decremented. There is no need to decrement twice
> in w1_attach_slave_device().
> 
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] w1: fix redundant counter decrement in w1_attach_slave_device()
      https://git.kernel.org/krzk/linux-w1/c/cc8f92e41eb76f450f05234fef2054afc3633100

Best regards,
-- 
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>