linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] module: Merge same-name module load requests

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Date:   Mon, 21 Nov 2022 17:00:49 +0100
From:   Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@...e.com>
To:     Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Cc:     pmladek@...e.com, linux-modules@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] module: Merge same-name module load requests

On 11/16/22 17:03, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
> On 11/15/22 14:29, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 04:45:05PM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>> Note that I don't think the issue I raised is due to 6e6de3dee51a.
>>> I don't have the machine at hand right now. But, again, I doubt this will
>>> fix it.
>>
>> There are *more* modules processed after that commit. That's all. So
>> testing would be appreciated.
>>
> 
> Can anyone tell us if
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/20221102195957.82871-1-stuart.w.hayes@gmail.com/
> 
> resolves the module loading delay problem?

This patch unfortunately makes no difference on my test system. In my case,
the kernel has already intel_pstate loaded when udev starts inserting a burst
of acpi_cpufreq modules. It then causes the init function acpi_cpufreq_init()
to immediately return once the check cpufreq_get_current_driver() fails. The
code modified by the patch is not reached at all.

Petr