netdev - Re: phy_attach_direct()'s use of device_bind

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Date:   Fri, 12 Feb 2021 15:04:50 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>
Cc:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@...roid.com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jon Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: phy_attach_direct()'s use of device_bind_driver()

> So the plan to fix this warning is, when device_bind_driver() is called:
> 1. Delete all device links from the device (in this case, the PHY) to
> suppliers that haven't probed yet because there's no probe function
> that can defer at this point.

Just because it currently does not happen, does not mean it couldn't
happen in the future. What are the implications of removing the links?


> 2. Then call the usual device link status update code so that it
> updates the status of the remaining device links correctly. This will
> avoid the warning.
> 
> This seems like a generic solution that works for PHY and for any
> device that is force bound.

I don't know if there is any other case in the kernel where a fallback
driver is force bound on a device. But i agree this should be
generic. And hidden away in the drive core, with maybe a new call?

	 Andrew