linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] PM: hibernate: allow wait_for_device_probe() to timeout when resuming from hibernation

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Date:   Mon, 11 Jul 2022 10:58:32 -0700
From:   Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:     Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>,
        Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...gle.com>,
        Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] PM: hibernate: allow wait_for_device_probe() to
 timeout when resuming from hibernation

On 7/11/2022 3:44 AM, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> On 2022/07/11 17:12, Greg KH wrote:
>>                                                         creating a
>> locking loop like this should be resolved first,
> 
> Rafael and Arjan, can we agree with removing wait_for_device_probe() from snapshot_open() ?
> 

we can probably remove it. the "fun" is then that devices you need might not be ready once you remove it.
so if we otherwise would panic, we should at least try again after some delay...
(since a panic() is very nasty to debug for all the obvious reasons.. especially is the screen isn't on yet)