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Message-ID: <YoZK6vJnAe/QgHzX@rowland.harvard.edu>
Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 09:49:30 -0400
From: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To: Dmytro Bagrii <dimich.dmb@...il.com>
Cc: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: core: Call disconnect() only if it is provided by
driver
On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 04:29:00PM +0300, Dmytro Bagrii wrote:
> A driver may use devres allocations. Disconnect handler is not needed in
> this case. Allow such driver to leave .disconnect field uninitialized in
> struct usb_driver instead of providing empty stub function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmytro Bagrii <dimich.dmb@...il.com>
> ---
> drivers/usb/core/driver.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/driver.c b/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
> index 355ed33a2179..d7fe440b033c 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
> @@ -455,7 +455,8 @@ static int usb_unbind_interface(struct device *dev)
> if (!driver->soft_unbind || udev->state == USB_STATE_NOTATTACHED)
> usb_disable_interface(udev, intf, false);
>
> - driver->disconnect(intf);
> + if (driver->disconnect)
> + driver->disconnect(intf);
>
> /* Free streams */
> for (i = 0, j = 0; i < intf->cur_altsetting->desc.bNumEndpoints; i++) {
I'm very dubious about this change. Disconnect routines generally do
more than just deallocation.
Can you point to any drivers that would actually benefit from this?
Alan Stern
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