On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 08:48:45PM +0530, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote: > Hi Greg, > > On 24/08/21 6:36 pm, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 04:22:58PM +0530, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote: > >> No functional change. Since configuration to stop HCD is invoked from > >> multiple places, group all of them in usb_stop_hcd(). > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@xxxxxx> > >> --- > >> drivers/usb/core/hcd.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------- > >> 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) > >> > >> diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c b/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c > >> index 0f8b7c93310e..c036ba5311b3 100644 > >> --- a/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c > >> +++ b/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c > >> @@ -2760,6 +2760,29 @@ static void usb_put_invalidate_rhdev(struct usb_hcd *hcd) > >> usb_put_dev(rhdev); > >> } > >> > >> +/** > >> + * usb_stop_hcd - Halt the HCD > >> + * @hcd: the usb_hcd that has to be halted > >> + * > >> + * Stop the timer and invoke ->stop() callback on the HCD > >> + */ > >> +static void usb_stop_hcd(struct usb_hcd *hcd) > >> +{ > >> + if (!hcd) > >> + return; > > > > That's impossible to hit, so no need to check for it, right? > > Patch 3 of this series adds support for registering roothub of shared > HCD. So after that patch there can be a case where shared_hcd is NULL. > The other option would be to check for non-null value in hcd and then > invoke usb_stop_hcd(). Then add the check when you need it please. thanks, greg k-h