Subject: Re: [PATCH net] nfc: pn533: properly drop the usb interface reference on disconnect

From: Simon Horman <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:17:00 +0000

On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 12:28:30PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> When the device is disconnected from the driver, there is a "dangling"
> reference count on the usb interface that was grabbed in the probe
> callback.  Fix this up by properly dropping the reference after we are
> done with it.
> 
> Cc: stable <[email-masked]>
> Assisted-by: gkh_clanker_2000
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email-masked]>

Hi Greg,

As a fix, a Fixes tag seems appropriate.
This seems to have been there since the beginning, so perhaps this one:

Fixes: c46ee38620a2 ("NFC: pn533: add NXP pn533 nfc device driver")

That notwithstanding, this looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <[email-masked]>