linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND] drivercore: deferral race condition fix

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Message-ID: <20140403094059.GR14763@sirena.org.uk>
Date:	Thu, 3 Apr 2014 10:40:59 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@...com>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, grant.likely@...retlab.ca,
	lgirdwood@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RESEND] drivercore: deferral race condition fix

On Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 10:12:07AM +0300, Peter Ujfalusi wrote:
> When the kernel is built with CONFIG_PREEMPT it is possible to reach a state
> when all modules loaded but some driver still stuck in the deferred list
> and there is a need for external event to kick the deferred queue to probe
> these drivers.

Acked-by: Mark Brown <broonie@...aro.org>

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