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From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] usb: core: don't set drvdata to NULL in usb_unbind_interface()
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 13:58:14 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-166634@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261010135131.286498-1-dakr@kernel.org>

> usb_unbind_interface() serves as the remove() callback of struct
> usb_driver and calls usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL) to clear the bus
> device private data pointer.
> 
> However, the driver core code already sets the bus device private data
> pointer to NULL in device_unbind_cleanup() *after* devres_release_all(),
> which makes the call redundant.
> 
> In addition, it can create unexpected NULL pointer dereference scenarios
> when drivers use managed APIs.
> 
> 	int probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
> 		  const struct usb_device_id *id)
> 	{
> 		struct data *data;
> [ ... ]
> Cc: stable@kernel.org
> Fixes: a995fe1a3aa7 ("rust: driver: drop device private data post unbind")
> Reviewed-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
> Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
> Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>

Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues. It looks great!

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      reply	other threads:[~2026-10-10 13:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-10 13:50 [PATCH v2] usb: core: don't set drvdata to NULL in usb_unbind_interface() Danilo Krummrich
2026-10-10 13:58 ` sashiko-bot [this message]

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