Re: [PATCH] usb: gadget: fix device data management error in gadgetfs_bind()

On Mon, Aug 03, 2026 at 03:36:31PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 03, 2026 at 03:26:47PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 03, 2026 at 04:13:05PM +0300, Dmitry Antipov wrote:
> > > On 8/3/26 3:25 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I'd like to drop all the "legacy" USB gadget code
> > > 
> > > Hm. Then I would like to ask you to mark this code with Obsolete:
> > > in MAINTAINERS and wait for some grace period at least.
> > 
> > Grace periods never work, I'll just go make a patch to delete them all
> > now and see who says anything :)
> > 
> 
> Ok, it looks like people do use the raw_gadget driver for testing, so
> I'll see about leaving that for now, let's see how much we can trim-down
> before getting there...

It's worth pointing out that a bunch of the "legacy" gadget drivers are 
nothing more than pre-packaged, easy-to-use versions of various 
non-legacy function drivers.

Also, the zero.c legacy driver is not meant for normal use; its purpose 
is to assist in testing UDC and host controller drivers.

Alan Stern