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From: Salah Triki <salah.triki@gmail.com>
To: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, linux-input@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] misc: powermate: update the reference count of the usb interface structure
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2021 00:56:37 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210724235637.GA590874@pc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YPydUp9vc5U7vGIw@google.com>

Hi,

On Sat, Jul 24, 2021 at 04:08:02PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Jul 24, 2021 at 10:20:16PM +0100, Salah Triki wrote:
> > Use usb_get_intf() and usb_put_intf() in order to update the reference
> > count of the usb interface structure.
> 
> This is quite pointless as the driver will be unbound from the interface
> before interface is deleted.

From the documentation of usb_get_intf():

[quote]

Each live reference to a interface must be refcounted.

Drivers for USB interfaces should normally record such references in their 
probe() methods, when they bind to an interface, and release them by calling
usb_put_intf(), in their disconnect() methods.

[/quote]

Thanx

  reply	other threads:[~2021-07-24 23:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-07-24 21:20 [PATCH] misc: powermate: update the reference count of the usb interface structure Salah Triki
2021-07-24 23:08 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2021-07-24 23:56   ` Salah Triki [this message]
2021-07-25  4:35     ` Dmitry Torokhov

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