[PATCH v5 1/2] usb: core: export the generic device driver's operations

From: James Clark

Date: Fri Nov 06 2026 - 21:37:20 EST


Export usb_generic_driver_probe(), usb_generic_driver_disconnect(),
usb_generic_driver_suspend() and usb_generic_driver_resume(), and move
their declarations to include/linux/usb.h. This lets a driver whose
probe may return -EPROBE_DEFER leave generic_subclass unset and call
them itself, so that it can defer before the device is configured.

Say in the generic_subclass kerneldoc not to set it in that case.

Signed-off-by: James Clark <jjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v5:
- Added Alan's Acked-by

Changes in v4:
- New patch

drivers/usb/core/generic.c | 4 ++++
drivers/usb/core/usb.h | 6 ------
include/linux/usb.h | 10 +++++++++-
3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/generic.c b/drivers/usb/core/generic.c
index a48994e11ef3..53675d9fdb03 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/generic.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/generic.c
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ int usb_generic_driver_probe(struct usb_device *udev)

return 0;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_generic_driver_probe);

void usb_generic_driver_disconnect(struct usb_device *udev)
{
@@ -271,6 +272,7 @@ void usb_generic_driver_disconnect(struct usb_device *udev)
if (udev->actconfig)
usb_set_configuration(udev, -1);
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_generic_driver_disconnect);

#ifdef CONFIG_PM

@@ -301,6 +303,7 @@ int usb_generic_driver_suspend(struct usb_device *udev, pm_message_t msg)
usbfs_notify_suspend(udev);
return rc;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_generic_driver_suspend);

int usb_generic_driver_resume(struct usb_device *udev, pm_message_t msg)
{
@@ -320,6 +323,7 @@ int usb_generic_driver_resume(struct usb_device *udev, pm_message_t msg)
usbfs_notify_resume(udev);
return rc;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_generic_driver_resume);

#endif /* CONFIG_PM */

diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/usb.h b/drivers/usb/core/usb.h
index a9b37aeb515b..9f1e4d197695 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/usb.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/usb.h
@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@ extern int usb_get_bos_descriptor(struct usb_device *dev);
extern void usb_release_bos_descriptor(struct usb_device *dev);
extern int usb_set_configuration(struct usb_device *dev, int configuration);
extern int usb_choose_configuration(struct usb_device *udev);
-extern int usb_generic_driver_probe(struct usb_device *udev);
-extern void usb_generic_driver_disconnect(struct usb_device *udev);
-extern int usb_generic_driver_suspend(struct usb_device *udev,
- pm_message_t msg);
-extern int usb_generic_driver_resume(struct usb_device *udev,
- pm_message_t msg);

static inline unsigned usb_get_max_power(struct usb_device *udev,
struct usb_host_config *c)
diff --git a/include/linux/usb.h b/include/linux/usb.h
index 825f03b29067..4844f53e2fa8 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb.h
@@ -1301,7 +1301,8 @@ struct usb_driver {
* for devices bound to this driver.
* @generic_subclass: if set to 1, the generic USB driver's probe, disconnect,
* resume and suspend functions will be called in addition to the driver's
- * own, so this part of the setup does not need to be replicated.
+ * own, so this part of the setup does not need to be replicated. Do not set
+ * this if @probe may return -EPROBE_DEFER.
*
* USB device drivers must provide a name, other driver fields are optional.
*/
@@ -1375,6 +1376,13 @@ extern int __usb_register_device_driver(struct usb_device_driver *,
struct module *, const char *);
extern void usb_deregister_device_driver(struct usb_device_driver *);

+extern int usb_generic_driver_probe(struct usb_device *udev);
+extern void usb_generic_driver_disconnect(struct usb_device *udev);
+extern int usb_generic_driver_suspend(struct usb_device *udev,
+ pm_message_t msg);
+extern int usb_generic_driver_resume(struct usb_device *udev,
+ pm_message_t msg);
+
extern int usb_register_dev(struct usb_interface *intf,
struct usb_class_driver *class_driver);
extern void usb_deregister_dev(struct usb_interface *intf,
--
2.56.0