Re: [PATCH 2/2] USB: usbip: drop redundant device reference

[Johan Hovold]

On Mon, Mar 09, 2026 at 02:26:03PM -0600, Shuah Khan wrote:
> On 3/5/26 06:38, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > Driver core holds a reference to the USB device while it is bound to a
> > driver and there is no need to take additional references unless the
> > structure is needed after disconnect.
> 
> In this case it is necessary for stub driver to hang on to the reference
> to maintain exported device status.

But the driver does not hold on to the reference taken at probe after
disconnect returns. The stub device itself is even freed at disconnect
and cannot be used to release the reference.

Which exported device status are you referring to here?

Johan