Re: [RFC 05/15] xhci: Change hcd_priv be a pointer.

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Fix the grammar in the patch title.

On Mon, 29 Nov 2010, Sarah Sharp wrote:

> Instead of allocating space for the whole xhci_hcd structure at the end of
> usb_hcd, make the USB core allocate enough space for a pointer to the
> xhci_hcd structure.  This will make it easy to share the xhci_hcd
> structure across the two roothubs (the USB 3.0 usb_hcd and the USB 2.0
> usb_hcd).  This method of sharing the xhci_hcd pointer is better than
> modifying all xhci_functions to check whether the passed in usb_hcd
> contains the real xhci_hcd.

> diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
> index ff65ea6..7577876 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
> @@ -519,6 +519,8 @@ void xhci_stop(struct usb_hcd *hcd)
>  	xhci_mem_cleanup(xhci);
>  	xhci_dbg(xhci, "xhci_stop completed - status = %x\n",
>  		    xhci_readl(xhci, &xhci->op_regs->status));
> +	kfree(xhci);
> +	*((struct xhci_hcd **) hcd->hcd_priv) = NULL;
>  }

This is not a good idea.  Since the xhci_hcd structure is allocated 
very early in the life cycle, it should be deallocated very late.  For 
example, at the time when the usb_hcd structure is destroyed.

Alan Stern

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