Received: by 2002:a05:6a10:1287:0:0:0:0 with SMTP id d7csp2604999pxv; Sat, 24 Jul 2021 23:35:27 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxJN6U5fyi6qUZCMsmy+9fmOWYX+TSfEvz9o0EuJ1wrzcp/rRv8s+i9Wk7i5kURQz3gEHLg X-Received: by 2002:a05:6e02:12a4:: with SMTP id f4mr8752763ilr.102.1627194927217; Sat, 24 Jul 2021 23:35:27 -0700 (PDT) ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1627194927; cv=none; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; b=qpP8N9Ogqx8TtUL5tQxctE84GNMk6aZVf0VKVQmHxBRZjDuRUIHKNRTklktyjQqlpO 1PUIQtK5SMlyZK6VzS+GXGFmZov9jL6lrKo3DBXHjlQQe0Wk4bC9lRdgmJgg2scCWPIw PvgVB6dO5PGaz26mMCVgRAlV34Ltalc+OfnL45172hVbZ/0qlDdeuIE40BWy0Jprdiwh VxOhf4eRIAd60Ecbl4hXjZoWJKi/sYzkGdpOAL5BIKRkkb7o5hIVh/Xm6QcEKYil4vl7 4N3YwN3HWk388EgCMSjjuNkomMz5i0S2NB80eAmj24OVNdDAtNOXQsU3JdKUshCoCMXD MouA== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; h=list-id:precedence:in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version :references:message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:dkim-signature; bh=U/hYEE1OVprwCnEk8+RALl3+djTf3jgW7aTzSufxkcU=; b=N6HNU5GW3oGUJiMaIEqW78Lt8YDK0qBB8E8jPecejGpqPBp0w7pIKVAIQFBbmsftja aN2qMvrZr0m5HyHQA/9ioZmWf7MNITEnoxwFYmpwvEUhS91rQy47pLeP/CeSpg+FgchZ 0wJNHJnSI7vv8j4bUNSFd1raDs8Iyyh0CEwoY9zQWWIi12nyl+9wKwAzuqFD/UYketgq V3EqmP43IYTkhBxJkOcuSQ3J9rEE842Q7rgoSyVx9+a5MaBqTzjgih5WLkuKLbzUA725 VWg441Dqon5xedOnqibPdraDpwtY8nbgFVXm/rKqVIXxfGZP8M9cXE/nPZoKRrO7w96e f7dQ== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.s=korg header.b=n59b6KXd; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=NONE sp=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=linuxfoundation.org Return-Path: Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org. [23.128.96.18]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 7si43103061ilx.20.2021.07.24.23.35.16; Sat, 24 Jul 2021 23:35:27 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) client-ip=23.128.96.18; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.s=korg header.b=n59b6KXd; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=NONE sp=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=linuxfoundation.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230226AbhGYFxH (ORCPT + 99 others); Sun, 25 Jul 2021 01:53:07 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:43648 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230254AbhGYFxF (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Jul 2021 01:53:05 -0400 Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2EF4360F26; Sun, 25 Jul 2021 06:33:33 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1627194815; bh=U/hYEE1OVprwCnEk8+RALl3+djTf3jgW7aTzSufxkcU=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=n59b6KXd/8T2HS5q/PtyZJ3H0ID12sPEg5qD5NXRi/LwaWLuSe5CPY3daC6E26ToN tfvBrBH9CYb0usweebgma2T5lTS1LPkLcPVd2PON+6bCTILAtxpqZhWsaOYyKw82p3 3XUHEM/OKqT6GhiS42609Ad07gAsucqBjM7rtBWI= Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2021 08:33:31 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Salah Triki Cc: Jiri Kosina , Benjamin Tissoires , linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] hid-elo: update the reference count of the usb device structure Message-ID: References: <20210724202434.GA528986@pc> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20210724202434.GA528986@pc> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jul 24, 2021 at 09:24:34PM +0100, Salah Triki wrote: > Use usb_get_dev() and usb_put_dev() in order to update the reference > count of the usb device structure. Why?