[PATCH 00/13] wifi: drop redundant USB device references

[Johan Hovold]

On Fri, Mar 06, 2026 at 01:40:31AM +0000, Ping-Ke Shih wrote:
> // +Cc Greg
> 
> Hi Johan,
> 
> Johan Hovold <johan at kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> >  drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl818x/rtl8187/dev.c |  4 ----
> >  drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/core.c       | 11 +++--------
> >  drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c         |  4 ----
> 
> Acked to changes of these Realtek WiFi drivers. But I'd like to know why
> rtw88/rtw89 aren't included in this patchset?

I used a more specific grep pattern to catch driver releasing references
in disconnect() and therefore missed a few that dropped the reference in
helper functions (or used non-standard names for their disconnect
function such as ath10k, I see now).

> Greg sent a patch [1] to
> correct error path of USB probe for rtw88. In the discussion, he also
> mentioned the simplest way is to drop usb_get_dev()/usb_put_dev() like
> this patchset does. Will you share patches for rtw88/rtw89? I so, I'd
> drop Greg's patch and apply yours.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/2026022333-periscope-unusual-f0a0@gregkh/

Sure, I can include rtw88 (and ath10k and ath6kl) in a v2.

Do you really prefer replacing Greg's fix or shall I send an incremental
patch on top?

Johan