Re: [PATCH 08/14] nvmem: remove duplicated reference counting

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Jul 29, 2026 at 10:46:41AM +0100, srini@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Commit c1de7f43bd84 ("nvmem: use kref") introduced reference counting
> with kref to an already reference counted nvmem_device structure. We
> only need one refcount so use the one provded by device's kobject and
> drop the kref field from struct nvmem_device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/nvmem/core.c      | 80 +++++++++++++++++----------------------
>  drivers/nvmem/internals.h |  1 -
>  2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)

This, and patch 9/14, did not apply against my tree.  Can you rebase and
resend just those two?

thanks,

greg k-h