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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
Cc: balbi@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] usb: gadget: f_hid: Conduct proper refcounting on shared f_hidg pointer
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 13:50:55 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y3YuL8rSE9pNfIZN@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20221117120813.1257583-1-lee@kernel.org>

On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 12:08:13PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> +static inline bool f_hidg_is_open(struct f_hidg *hidg)
> +{
> +	return !!kref_read(&hidg->cdev.kobj.kref);
> +}

Ick, sorry, no, that's not going to work and is not allowed at all.
That's some major layering violations there, AND it can change after you
get the value as well.

greg k-h

  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-11-17 12:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-11-17 12:08 [PATCH 1/1] usb: gadget: f_hid: Conduct proper refcounting on shared f_hidg pointer Lee Jones
2022-11-17 12:50 ` Greg KH
2022-11-17 13:26   ` Lee Jones
2022-11-17 17:38     ` Greg KH
2022-11-17 12:50 ` Greg KH [this message]
2022-11-17 13:46   ` Lee Jones
2022-11-17 16:47     ` Alan Stern
2022-11-18  8:54       ` Lee Jones
2022-11-18 15:59         ` Alan Stern
2022-11-18 16:37           ` John Keeping
2022-11-18 21:07             ` Alan Stern
2022-11-20 17:22               ` John Keeping
2022-11-20 20:46                 ` Alan Stern
2022-11-21 12:30                   ` Lee Jones
2022-11-21 12:38                   ` John Keeping
2022-11-21 16:18                     ` Alan Stern
2022-11-21 18:54                       ` John Keeping
2022-11-21 19:17                         ` Alan Stern
2022-11-22 11:52                           ` John Keeping
2022-11-22  8:31                         ` Lee Jones
2022-11-22 11:55                           ` John Keeping
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2022-10-17 11:27 Lee Jones
2022-10-22 12:52 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-10-24  7:17   ` Lee Jones

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