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    [PATCH] USB: Allocate interface structures dynamically · 9df38a80
    Alan Stern authored
    This is a revised version of an earlier patch; I feel a lot better about
    this one.  Basically it does the same thing as before: allocate
    interfaces dynamically to avoid the problems with reusing them.
    
    The difference is that this patch adds a struct kref to the array of
    usb_interface_cache's, so the array can persist if needed after the
    device has been disconnected.  Each interface takes a reference to it
    (along with the configuration itself), so as long as the interfaces
    remain pinned in memory the altsettings will also remain.
    
    Here is a slight revision of patch as246b.  This one allocates all the new
    interfaces before changing any other state; otherwise it's the same.
    9df38a80
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