kernel/linux.git/drivers/usb/serial/ipw.c, branch v7.0-rc7

Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00

This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\

treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types

2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00

This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union object instances: Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...) Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...) Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...) (where TYPE may also be *VAR) The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning "TYPE *". Signed-off-by: Kees Cook

USB: serial: drop driver owner initialization

2024-08-26T13:28:25+00:00

Core in usb_serial_register_drivers() already sets the .owner, so driver does not need to. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold

USB: serial: Remove redundant license text

2017-11-04T10:55:38+00:00

Now that the SPDX tag is in all USB files, that identifies the license in a specific and legally-defined manner. So the extra GPL text wording can be removed as it is no longer needed at all. This is done on a quest to remove the 700+ different ways that files in the kernel describe the GPL license text. And there's unneeded stuff like the address (sometimes incorrect) for the FSF which is never needed. No copyright headers or other non-license-description text was removed. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Acked-by: Johan Hovold Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

USB: add SPDX identifiers to all remaining files in drivers/usb/

2017-11-04T10:48:02+00:00

It's good to have SPDX identifiers in all files to make it easier to audit the kernel tree for correct licenses. Update the drivers/usb/ and include/linux/usb* files with the correct SPDX license identifier based on the license text in the file itself. The SPDX identifier is a legally binding shorthand, which can be used instead of the full boiler plate text. This work is based on a script and data from Thomas Gleixner, Philippe Ombredanne, and Kate Stewart. Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Kate Stewart Cc: Philippe Ombredanne Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Acked-by: Felipe Balbi Acked-by: Johan Hovold Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

usb: delete non-required instances of include

2014-01-08T23:01:39+00:00

None of these files are actually using any __init type directives and hence don't need to include . Most are just a left over from __devinit and __cpuinit removal, or simply due to code getting copied from one driver to the next. Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

USB: serial: remove driver version information

2012-10-31T19:48:06+00:00

Remove all MODULE_VERSION macros and driver-version information (except for garmin_gps which uses it in a status reply). It is the kernel version that matters and not some private version scheme which rarely even gets updated. Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

USB: ipw: fix interface-data memory leak in error path

2012-10-25T16:39:37+00:00

Move interface data allocation to attach so that it is deallocated should usb-serial probe fail. Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold Cc: stable Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

USB: usb-wwan: fix multiple memory leaks in error paths

2012-10-25T16:37:13+00:00

Fix port-data memory leak in usb-serial probe error path by moving port data allocation to port_probe. Since commit a1028f0abf ("usb: usb_wwan: replace release and disconnect with a port_remove hook") port data is deallocated in port_remove. This leaves a possibility for memory leaks if usb-serial probe fails after attach but before the port in question has been successfully registered. Note that this patch also fixes two additional memory leaks in the error path of attach should port initialisation fail for any port as the urbs were never freed and neither was the data of any of the successfully initialised ports. Compile-only tested. Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

USB: serial: ipw.c: remove debug module parameter

2012-09-14T19:31:32+00:00

Now that the dbg() macro is no longer being used in the driver, the debug module parameter doesn't do anything at all. So remove it so as to not confuse people. CC: Rusty Russell CC: Alan Stern CC: Mauro Carvalho Chehab CC: "Bjørn Mork" Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman