[PATCH v3 0/2] usbip: usbip_host: remove legacy rebind_store in favor of drivers_probe

Jeffin Philip <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-usb,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.stable
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Tue, 11 Aug 2026 21:35:39 +0530, Jeffin Philip wrote:
>do_rebind, which sleeps normally gets a mutex lock. However, it does not
>or should I say, cannot check for null udev between spin lock dropped in
>rebind_store and entering do_rebind. This is a potential race window
>already. So, even if we check for null udev under spinlock, we cannot do
>it outside. Regarding do_rebind, it is called during stub_device_rebind,
>but that function is called during module exit when all files are removed.
>So, do_rebind is not designed to work in a concurrent environment in the
>first place.
>
>We have a safer function that can already do what do_rebind does,
>drivers_probe. So, we use drivers_probe to rebind the device rather than
>use rebind_store.
>
>usbip tool references this function immediately after the device is unbound,
>which is safe for the tool itself but since we opted for drivers_probe, fix
>it by using drivers_probe rather than rebind_store after unbinding device
>which is more safer.
>
>Tested and working in both userspace via the tool and manually echoing
>the busid in the related nodes. rebind node is still left active with a
>warning to use drivers_probe upon encountering rebind_store.

Friendly ping. Let me know if you want me to change anything.

Thanks,
Jeffin.
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