linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] driver core: fixup reversed deferred probe order

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Message-ID: <20120613003346.GB5321@kroah.com>
Date:	Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:33:46 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@...esas.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>, Rafael <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	Magnus <magnus.damm@...il.com>,
	Linux-SH <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver core: fixup reversed deferred probe order

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 05:03:38PM -0700, Kuninori Morimoto wrote:
> 
> Hi Greg
> 
> Thank you for checking this patch
> 
> > > If driver requests probe deferral,
> > > it will be added to deferred_probe_pending_list
> > > by driver_deferred_probe_add(), but, it used list_add().
> > > Because of that, deferred probe will be run as reversed order.
> > > This patch uses list_add_tail(), and solved this issue.
> > 
> > Is this causing a problem with 3.5-rc2 on some systems, so it needs to
> > get into 3.5-final, or can it wait for 3.6?
> 
> ALSA SoC sound card detection order was broken by this issue in v3.5-rcX
> (on some board).
> So, I'm happy if it was included in v3.5-final.

Ok, thanks for letting me know, will queue it up for that release.

greg k-h
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