[PATCH 4/4] Docs: usb: update explanation for device_present to disconnected
From: Philipp Hortmann
Date: Mon Nov 29 2021 - 17:51:09 EST
Update text for `device_present` flag to `disconnected` flag
Signed-off-by: Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@xxxxxxxxx>
---
.../driver-api/usb/writing_usb_driver.rst | 14 ++++++--------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/usb/writing_usb_driver.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/usb/writing_usb_driver.rst
index 74bb72a2f0ac..d398d2155cd3 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/usb/writing_usb_driver.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/usb/writing_usb_driver.rst
@@ -277,15 +277,13 @@ notify the user-space programs that the device is no longer there. The
}
-If a program currently has an open handle to the device, we reset the
-flag ``device_present``. For every read, write, release and other
+If the driver probed the device successfully, the flag ``disconnected``
+is initialized and set to false. For every read, write and other
functions that expect a device to be present, the driver first checks
-this flag to see if the device is still present. If not, it releases
-that the device has disappeared, and a ``-ENODEV`` error is returned to the
-user-space program. When the release function is eventually called, it
-determines if there is no device and if not, it does the cleanup that
-the ``skel_disconnect`` function normally does if there are no open files
-on the device (see Listing 5).
+this flag to see if the device is still present. If not, a ``-ENODEV``
+error is returned to the user-space program. When the device is
+disconnected, `skel_disconnected` function is called. It sets ``disconnected``
+to true and cleans up.
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