linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] driver core: Avoid pointless deferred probe attempts

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Date:   Tue, 23 Mar 2021 14:58:32 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>,
        Jon Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>,
        Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@...roid.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] driver core: Avoid pointless deferred probe
 attempts

On Tue, Mar 09, 2021 at 03:26:05PM -0800, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 1:11 PM Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com> wrote:
> >
> > There's no point in adding a device to the deferred probe list if we
> > know for sure that it doesn't have a matching driver. So, check if a
> > device can match with a driver before adding it to the deferred probe
> > list.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>
> 
> Rafael/Greg,
> 
> Any concerns with this specific patch? Do you see any bugs? I'm asking
> because some of the other improvements I'm working on depend on this
> flag. So I want to make sure this can land before I take my work in
> progress too far.

Looks fine, now queuing up, thanks.

greg k-h