Re: [PATCH v3 RESEND 2/2] usbip: apply list options regardless of order

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 02:39:10AM -0400, Jason Colapietro wrote:
> usbip_list() acts on -r, -l and -d as soon as getopt_long() returns them,
> so any option parsed afterwards is never seen. -p therefore only takes
> effect when it precedes the mode selector: "usbip list -p -r <host>" is
> parsable while "usbip list -r <host> -p" is not, and -l and -d behave the
> same way. Nothing in the usage text suggests the order matters.
> 
> Record the requested mode during the option loop and run it once parsing
> has finished, so -p applies wherever it appears on the command line. When
> several mode selectors are given the first one still wins, as before.

This changes how the program works, so this might break existing
systems.

Is this a real problem as-is?  If not, I'd be very careful in changing
anything here...

thanks,

greg k-h