linux-kernel - Re: post 2.6.28 regression: device_initialize() now sleeps, and may fail without recovery strategy

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Message-ID: <20090109213403.GA26754@suse.de>
Date:	Fri, 9 Jan 2009 13:34:03 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
Cc:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jay Fenlason <fenlason@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: post 2.6.28 regression: device_initialize() now sleeps, and
	may fail without recovery strategy

On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 10:20:25PM +0100, Stefan Richter wrote:
> Stefan Richter wrote:
> > Greg KH wrote:
> >> I originally looked at changing this to be at device_add time, but I
> >> think there are some code paths that do device_initialize and then do
> >> some operations on the device before calling device_add.
> > 
> > get_device() and put_device() seem to be about the only things that are
> > interesting before device_add().
> > 
> > Don't know if a final put_device() in this situation
> 
> ...would require dev->p to be present.

But that can be easily handled...

give me a short while to test...

thanks,

greg k-h
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