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From: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>,
	Valentina Manea <valentina.manea.m@gmail.com>,
	Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>, Hongren Zheng <i@zenithal.me>,
	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] USB: usbip: drop redundant device reference
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 14:26:03 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9d727cd2-701e-4c5b-9646-82874f2d0a4a@linuxfoundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260305133851.2952-3-johan@kernel.org>

On 3/5/26 06:38, Johan Hovold wrote:
> Driver core holds a reference to the USB device while it is bound to a
> driver and there is no need to take additional references unless the
> structure is needed after disconnect.
> 

In this case it is necessary for stub driver to hang on to the reference
to maintain exported device status.

thanks,
-- Shuah

  reply	other threads:[~2026-03-09 20:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-05 13:38 [PATCH 0/2] USB: drop further redundant device references Johan Hovold
2026-03-05 13:38 ` [PATCH 1/2] USB: apple-mfi-fastcharge: drop redundant device reference Johan Hovold
2026-03-10 14:38   ` Bastien Nocera
2026-03-05 13:38 ` [PATCH 2/2] USB: usbip: " Johan Hovold
2026-03-09 20:26   ` Shuah Khan [this message]
2026-03-10  8:35     ` Johan Hovold
2026-03-10 21:51       ` Shuah Khan
2026-03-11  8:02         ` Johan Hovold
2026-03-23 19:29           ` Shuah Khan

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