[PATCH v3 1/1] USB: core: let USB device know device node

[Alan Stern]

On Fri, 15 Jan 2016, Philipp Zabel wrote:

> > +- reg: the port number which this device is connecting to.
> 
> Should it be noted here that the port number range is 1-255?

Actually the range is 1 - 31 (defined by USB_MAXCHILDREN set in 
include/uapi/linux/usb/ch11.h).

> > @@ -502,11 +503,14 @@ struct usb_device *usb_alloc_dev(struct usb_device *parent,
> >  	dev->connect_time = jiffies;
> >  	dev->active_duration = -jiffies;
> >  #endif
> > -	if (root_hub)	/* Root hub always ok [and always wired] */
> > +	if (root_hub) {	/* Root hub always ok [and always wired] */
> >  		dev->authorized = 1;
> > -	else {
> > +		dev->of_node = bus->controller->of_node;
> 
> Why can't the root_hub reuse dev->dev.of_node?

Indeed, there's no need to add an .of_node field to struct usb_device, 
since the embedded struct device already contains an .of_node field.

Alan Stern