linux-kernel - Re: Alternative approach to solve the deferred probe

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 21 Oct 2015 21:35:19 +0100
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>
Cc:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu.vizoso@...labora.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>,
	Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>,
	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
	David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
	Terje Bergström <tbergstrom@...dia.com>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com>,
	Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>,
	Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>, Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@...il.com>,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
	Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@...osoft.com>,
	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-clk <linux-clk@...r.kernel.org>, dmaengine@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
	"dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org" <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
	"linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org" <linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux I2C <linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux PWM List <linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Fbdev development list <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Alternative approach to solve the deferred probe

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 08:36:23AM -0700, Frank Rowand wrote:
> On 10/21/2015 1:18 AM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 08:58:19PM -0700, Frank Rowand wrote:
> >> On 10/20/2015 8:46 AM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> 
> < snip >
> 
> >>> +
> >>>  static bool driver_deferred_probe_enable = false;
> >>> +
> >>>  /**
> >>>   * driver_deferred_probe_trigger() - Kick off re-probing deferred devices
> >>>   *
> >>> @@ -188,6 +210,13 @@ static int deferred_probe_initcall(void)
> >>>  	driver_deferred_probe_trigger();
> >>
> >> Couldn't you put the "driver_deferred_probe_report = true" here?  And then
> >> not add another round of probes.
> > 
> > The idea is not to report anything for drivers that were deferred
> > during the normal bootup.  The above is part of the normal bootup,
> > and the deferred activity should not be warned about.
> 
> The above is currently the last point for probe to succeed or defer
> (until possibly, as you mentioned, module loading resolves the defer).
> If a probe defers above, it will defer again below.  The set of defers
> should be exactly the same above and below.

Why should it?  Isn't this late_initcall() the first opportunity that
deferred devices get to be re-probed from their first set of attempts
via the drivers having their initcalls called?

If what you're saying is true, what's the point of this late_initcall()?

<re-cut again, I've no idea why you keep adding it back>

-- 
FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line: currently at 9.6Mbps down 400kbps up
according to speedtest.net.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/