From: Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@wp.pl>
To: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org,
Jakob Unterwurzacher <jakob.unterwurzacher@theobroma-systems.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: rt2x00usb: fix devres lifetime
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:07:30 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260327110730.GA16592@wp.pl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260327104726.1310327-1-johan@kernel.org>
Hi
On Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 11:47:26AM +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> USB drivers bind to USB interfaces and any device managed resources
> should have their lifetime tied to the interface rather than parent USB
> device. This avoids issues like memory leaks when drivers are unbound
> without their devices being physically disconnected (e.g. on probe
> deferral or configuration changes).
>
> Fix the USB anchor lifetime so that it is released on driver unbind.
>
> Fixes: 9f2d3eae88d2 ("can: ucan: add driver for Theobroma Systems UCAN devices")
Fix tag is wrong (and also cc based on it). Tag should be:
8b4c0009313f ("rt2x00usb: Use usb anchor to manage URB").
Regards
Stanislaw
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.19
> Cc: Jakob Unterwurzacher <jakob.unterwurzacher@theobroma-systems.com>
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c
> index 83d00b6baf64..174d89b0b1d7 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c
> @@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ int rt2x00usb_probe(struct usb_interface *usb_intf,
> if (retval)
> goto exit_free_device;
>
> - rt2x00dev->anchor = devm_kmalloc(&usb_dev->dev,
> + rt2x00dev->anchor = devm_kmalloc(&usb_intf->dev,
> sizeof(struct usb_anchor),
> GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!rt2x00dev->anchor) {
> --
> 2.52.0
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-27 11:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-27 10:47 [PATCH] wifi: rt2x00usb: fix devres lifetime Johan Hovold
2026-03-27 11:07 ` Stanislaw Gruszka [this message]
2026-03-27 11:28 ` Johan Hovold
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