Hello, > Once device_register() failed, we should call put_device() to > decrement reference count for cleanup. Or it could cause memory leak. > > device_register() includes device_add(). As comment of device_add() > says, 'if device_add() succeeds, you should call device_del() when you > want to get rid of it. If device_add() has not succeeded, use only > put_device() to drop the reference count'. > > Found by code review. Bjorn took this already, see: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20250227220124.GA19560@bhelgaas That said, you need to ease on the resends a bit. We track your patches and we will get to these eventually. Please relax a bit, and perhaps focus your energy here on offering code reviews for other changes, which is always a great thing to do and helps us a lot. :) Thank you! Krzysztof