Re: [PATCH v2] bluetooth: bcm203x: update the reference count of udev

[Marcel Holtmann]

Hi Salah,

> Use usb_get_dev() to increment the reference count of the usb device
> structure in order to avoid releasing the structure while it is still in
> use. And use usb_put_dev() to decrement the reference count and thus,
> when it will be equal to 0 the structure will be released.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Salah Triki <salah.triki@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Change since v1:
> 	Modification of the description
> 
> drivers/bluetooth/bcm203x.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/bcm203x.c b/drivers/bluetooth/bcm203x.c
> index e667933c3d70..547d35425d70 100644
> --- a/drivers/bluetooth/bcm203x.c
> +++ b/drivers/bluetooth/bcm203x.c
> @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static int bcm203x_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, const struct usb_device_id
> 	if (!data)
> 		return -ENOMEM;
> 
> -	data->udev  = udev;
> +	data->udev  = usb_get_dev(udev);
> 	data->state = BCM203X_LOAD_MINIDRV;
> 
> 	data->urb = usb_alloc_urb(0, GFP_KERNEL);
> @@ -244,6 +244,8 @@ static void bcm203x_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
> 
> 	usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL);
> 
> +	usb_put_dev(data->udev);
> +
> 	usb_free_urb(data->urb);
> 	kfree(data->fw_data);
> 	kfree(data->buffer);

I do not understand this. If this is something broken, then it is broken in
btusb.c as well and that driver is heavily used by all sorts of devices. So
we should have seen bug reports about this.

Regards

Marcel