linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 13/22] i2c: core: Probe i2c master devices on demand

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Message-ID: <20150809123430.GB1521@katana>
Date:	Sun, 9 Aug 2015 14:34:30 +0200
From:	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:	Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu.vizoso@...labora.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 13/22] i2c: core: Probe i2c master devices on demand

On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 03:19:44PM +0200, Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
> When looking up an i2c master through its firmware node, probe it if it
> hasn't already.
> 
> The goal is to reduce deferred probes to a minimum, as it makes it very
> cumbersome to find out why a device failed to probe, and can introduce
> very big delays in when a critical device is probed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu.vizoso@...labora.com>

What is the status of this series? The boot time reduction sounds great.

> ---
> 
> Changes in v2: None
> 
>  drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
> index e6d4935161e4..5520b413e3db 100644
> --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
> @@ -1353,6 +1353,8 @@ struct i2c_adapter *of_find_i2c_adapter_by_node(struct device_node *node)
>  {
>  	struct device *dev;
>  
> +	fwnode_ensure_device(&node->fwnode);

TBH, the function name doesn't tell me a lot. It ensures what?

> +
>  	dev = bus_find_device(&i2c_bus_type, NULL, node,
>  					 of_dev_node_match);
>  	if (!dev)
> -- 
> 2.4.3
> 

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