linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] USB: store owner from modules with usb_serial_register

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Message-ID: <ZqnjD9cLJ6WlwAMq@hovoldconsulting.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 09:09:03 +0200
From: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
To: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] USB: store owner from modules with
 usb_serial_register_drivers()

On Fri, May 03, 2024 at 12:10:51PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> Changes in v2:
> - Squash .owner removalr patches into one (Johan)
> - Drop owner from f81534 driver
> - kerneldoc "module/owner" -> module (Johan)
> - Fix amba->usb copypasta
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240328-module-owner-usb-serial-v1-0-bc46c9ffbf56@linaro.org
> 
> Description
> ===========
> 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
> USB code, just like we did for platform_driver in commit
> 9447057eaff8 ("platform_device: use a macro instead of
> platform_driver_register").

> Krzysztof Kozlowski (2):
>       USB: serial: store owner from modules with usb_serial_register_drivers()
>       USB: serial: drop driver owner initialization

Sorry about the delay. Now applied.

Johan