> kobject_init_and_add() takes reference even when it fails. It will be helpful to mention which object is referenced here, won't it?
> If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to > properly clean up the memory associated with the object. I guess that an imperative wording is preferred also for this change description. https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?id=b0c3ba31be3e45a130e13b278cf3b90f69bda6f6#n151 How do you think about to combine this update step together with “nilfs2: Fix reference count leak in nilfs_sysfs_create_device_group” into a small patch series? https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1248696/ https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200527200933.31135-1-wu000...@umn.edu/ Regards, Markus
