linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/52] USB: store owner from modules with usb_serial_register

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Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 11:46:09 +0200
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>,
 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/52] USB: store owner from modules with
 usb_serial_register_drivers()

On 28/03/2024 23:05, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> Merging
> =======
> All further patches depend on the first patch.
> 
> Description
> ===========
> This is going to be a bit of a patch-bomb, but with trivial patches, so
> I think it is still acceptable. If it is too much, apologies and I will
> solve it.
> 
> Modules registering driver with usb_serial_register_drivers() might
> forget to set .owner field.
> 
> Solve the problem by moving this task away from the drivers to the core
> amba bus code, just like we did for platform_driver in commit
> 9447057eaff8 ("platform_device: use a macro instead of
> platform_driver_register").

Hi Greg,

Any comments on this patchset? I know your patchqueue is usually busy,
that's why I did not ping for some time. I just want to know it did not
end up in some spam folder.

Best regards,
Krzysztof