From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dmitry Torokhov Subject: Re: [PATCH] input: pxrc - do not store USB device in private struct Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 02:38:04 +0000 Message-ID: <20180724023804.6mnbstzdrcp74rev@penguin> References: <20180716144014.6331-1-marcus.folkesson@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180716144014.6331-1-marcus.folkesson@gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Marcus Folkesson Cc: Alexey Khoroshilov , linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org Hi Marcus, On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 04:40:14PM +0200, Marcus Folkesson wrote: > The USB device is only needed during setup, so put it back after > initialization and do not store it in our private struct. > > Also, the USB device is a parent of USB interface so our driver > model rules ensure that USB device should not disappear while > interface device is still there. > So not keep a refcount on the device is safe. > > Reported-by: Alexey Khoroshilov > Signed-off-by: Marcus Folkesson > --- > drivers/input/joystick/pxrc.c | 22 ++++++++++++---------- > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/input/joystick/pxrc.c b/drivers/input/joystick/pxrc.c > index 07a0dbd3ced2..46a7acb747bf 100644 > --- a/drivers/input/joystick/pxrc.c > +++ b/drivers/input/joystick/pxrc.c ... > @@ -204,23 +204,25 @@ static int pxrc_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, > return -ENOMEM; > > mutex_init(&pxrc->pm_mutex); > - pxrc->udev = usb_get_dev(interface_to_usbdev(intf)); > + udev = usb_get_dev(interface_to_usbdev(intf)); There is really no need to "get" device for the probe duration, or in general, when you are not storing the reference to it. I posted series with an updated version of this patch plus couple more cleanups/fixes, and would appreciate if you could give it a spin. Thanks. -- Dmitry