linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] usb: ulpi: ulpi_init should be executed in subsys

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Date:	Thu, 21 May 2015 20:11:27 -0700
From:	David Cohen <david.a.cohen@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	qiuxu.zhuo@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] usb: ulpi: ulpi_init should be executed in
 subsys_initcall

On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 08:09:54PM -0700, David Cohen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 10:07:05AM +0800, Lu Baolu wrote:
> > Many drivers and modules depend on ULPI bus registeration to
> > register ULPI interfaces and drivers. It's more appropriate
> > to register ULPI bus in subsys_initcall instead of module_init.
> > 
> > Kernel panic has been reported with some kind of kernel config.
> 
> Even though I agree subsys_initcall is better to register ulpi bus, it's
> still no excuse to have kernel panic. What about ULPI bus being compiled
> as module?
> IMHO this is avoiding the proper kernel panic fix which should be
> failing gracefully (or defer probe) from tusb1210 driver.

Maybe I need to express myself better :)
IMHO we should not consider work done with this patch only. It's still
incomplete.

Br, David
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