Re: [PATCH v5 3/5] driver core: handle -EPROBE_DEFER from bus_type.match()

[Marek Szyprowski]

Hi Greg,

On 2016-01-04 18:12, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 04:31:00PM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 11:59:26AM +0100, Marek Szyprowski wrote:
> > > From: Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu.vizoso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Allow implementations of the match() callback in struct bus_type to
> > > return errors and if it's -EPROBE_DEFER then queue the device for
> > > deferred probing.
> > >
> > > This is useful to buses such as AMBA in which devices are registered
> > > before their matching information can be retrieved from the HW
> > > (typically because a clock driver hasn't probed yet).
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu.vizoso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > [changed if-else code structure, adjusted documentation to match the code,
> > > extended comments]
> > > Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Reviewed-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > This patch _really_ needs an ack from Greg before I can merge it.
> >
> > DRIVER CORE, KOBJECTS, DEBUGFS, KERNFS AND SYSFS
> > M:      Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > T:      git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core.gitS:      Supported
> > F:      Documentation/kobject.txt
> > F:      drivers/base/
> >
> > alternatively, the whole series should be taken by Greg, with my ack
> > for the amba and ARM bits.
> >
> > Given that Greg is unlikely to respond this close to the merge window
> > (he's not responded to my messages about the amba-pl011 driver having
> > been messed up by the wrong patch set being taken...) I think this has
> > basically missed the 4.5 merge window.  Sorry.
> I've been on vacation, so give me a week or so to catch up on
> everything...
>
> And yes, this missed the 4.5 merge window, that closed last week for my
> trees.

Could you take a look into this patch?

Best regards
--
Marek Szyprowski, PhD
Samsung R&D Institute Poland