linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] driver core: remove polling for driver_probe

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Date:	Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:04:35 -0800
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	tom.leiming@...il.com
Cc:	kay.sievers@...y.org, greg@...ah.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver core: remove polling for driver_probe_done(v2)

On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:31:42 +0800
tom.leiming@...il.com wrote:

> From: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>
> 
> This patch renames driver_probe_done to driver_wait_probe_done,
> and make it wait on condition of probing done to remove
> polling for it in fs initialization. Also add
> driver_wait_probe_done_and_dev_appear(name) to allow callers
> to wait until all probing is done AND until the device @name
> exists.

>  /**
> + * driver_wait_probe_done_and_dev_appear
> + * wait until the probe sequence is finished _and_ the dev @name
> appears.

Hi,

sorry to be the bad guy, but I think you turned the "either one" into a
"both".... so this isn't going to work ;(

unless I'm just too tired and miss something subtle, but I am pretty
sure DeMorgan does not work this way :)


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