Re: [PATCH 3/4] USB: serial: add support for multi-interface functions

From: Johan Hovold
Date: Tue Mar 30 2021 - 11:22:35 EST


On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 04:44:32PM +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> Am Dienstag, den 30.03.2021, 16:38 +0200 schrieb Johan Hovold:
> > @@ -1115,6 +1161,8 @@ static void usb_serial_disconnect(struct usb_interface *interface)
> > if (serial->type->disconnect)
> > serial->type->disconnect(serial);
> >
> > + release_sibling(serial, interface);
> > +
> > /* let the last holder of this object cause it to be cleaned up */
> > usb_serial_put(serial);
> > dev_info(dev, "device disconnected\n");
>
> Hi,
>
> does this assume you are called for the original interface first?

No, I handle either interface being unbound first (e.g. see
release_sibling()).

> I am afraid that is an assumption you cannot make. In fact, if somebody
> is doing odd things with sysfs you cannot even assume both will see a
> disconnect()

Right, but disconnect() will still be called also for the sibling
interface as part of release_sibling() above.

Johan