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Date:   Sun, 25 Jul 2021 08:33:31 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Salah Triki <salah.triki@gmail.com>
Cc:     Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>,
        Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@redhat.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] hid-elo: update the reference count of the usb device
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On Sat, Jul 24, 2021 at 09:24:34PM +0100, Salah Triki wrote:
> Use usb_get_dev() and usb_put_dev() in order to update the reference
> count of the usb device structure.

Why?