Re: [PATCH] usb-hid-core: Set intfdata to NULL if probe fails

[Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>]

On 05/21/2012 09:39 PM, Hans de Goede wrote:
> other drivers which rely on frameworks which only call dev_set_drvdata
> on the interface's device if no drvdata has been set

This looks very broken as it relies on an undocumented behavior. If they
want to do that they should:
* set intfdata to NULL
* call some hook that may set intfdata
* set intfdata to whatever they want if it is still NULL

Right?

What are those frameworks?

> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c |    1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
> index 5bf91db..70d760f 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
> @@ -1296,6 +1296,7 @@ err_free:
>  	kfree(usbhid);
>  err:
>  	hid_destroy_device(hid);
> +	usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL);
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> 
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js
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