linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] usb: linux/usb.h: Correct the description of the usb_device

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Message-ID: <d0271706-28c8-4515-b3b8-6b2dfd6b09f8@rowland.harvard.edu>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 11:06:18 -0500
From: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To: Yi Cong <cong.yi@...ux.dev>
Cc: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, yicong@...inos.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] usb: linux/usb.h: Correct the description of the
 usb_device_driver member

On Tue, Dec 02, 2025 at 05:09:48PM +0800, Yi Cong wrote:
> From: Yi Cong <yicong@...inos.cn>
> 
> In the current kernel USB device driver code, only the name field is
> required to be provided; all other fields are optional.
> 
> Correct this part of the description.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yi Cong <yicong@...inos.cn>
> 
> ---
> v2: update commit message
> ---

Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>

>  include/linux/usb.h | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/usb.h b/include/linux/usb.h
> index e85105939af8e..fbfcc70b07fbe 100644
> --- a/include/linux/usb.h
> +++ b/include/linux/usb.h
> @@ -1295,8 +1295,7 @@ struct usb_driver {
>   *	resume and suspend functions will be called in addition to the driver's
>   *	own, so this part of the setup does not need to be replicated.
>   *
> - * USB drivers must provide all the fields listed above except driver,
> - * match, and id_table.
> + * USB device drivers must provide a name, other driver fields are optional.
>   */
>  struct usb_device_driver {
>  	const char *name;
> -- 
> 2.25.1