Re: [PATCH] isa: switch to dynamic root device

[William Breathitt Gray]

On Fri, Apr 24, 2026 at 12:24:00PM +0200, Johan Hovold wrote:
> Driver core expects devices to be dynamically allocated and will, for
> example, complain loudly if a device that lacks a release function is
> ever freed.
> 
> Use root_device_register() to allocate and register the root device
> instead of open coding using a static device.
> 
> Note that this also fixes a reference leak in case device_register()
> fails which may be flagged by static checkers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Johan,

Would you resend with a Fixes tag and CC stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx so we
can get this patch picked up in the stable trees as well?

Thanks,

William Breathitt Gray