linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add documentation on meaning of -EPROBE

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Message-ID: <20200331164340.GA1821785@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 31 Mar 2020 18:43:40 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Grant Likely <grant.likely@....com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, nd@....com,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add documentation on meaning of -EPROBE_DEFER

On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 05:33:55PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 05:01:32PM +0000, Grant Likely wrote:
> > Add a bit of documentation on what it means when a driver .probe() hook
> > returns the -EPROBE_DEFER error code, including the limitation that
> > -EPROBE_DEFER should be returned as early as possible, before the driver
> > starts to register child devices.
> > 
> > Also: minor markup fixes in the same file
> 
> Greg, can we at least for time being have this documented, means applied?

It's the middle of the merge window, you know I can't take anything in
my trees until after -rc1 is out.

I will queue it up then, thanks.

greg k-h