Query on device links

[John Garry]

Hi guys,

According to "Limitations" section @ 
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/driver-api/device_link.rst#n110, 
for a managed link, lack of the supplier driver may cause indefinite 
delay in probing of the consumer. Is there any way around this?

So I just want the probe order attempt of the supplier and consumer to 
be guaranteed, but the supplier probe may not be successful, i.e. does 
not actually bind.

In my case, I would like to use device_link_add(supplier, consumer, 
DL_FLAG_AUTOPROBE_CONSUMER), but I find the supplier probe may fail (and 
not due to -EPROBE_DEFER), and my consumer remains in limbo.

You may ask my I want this ordering at all - it is because in 
really_probe(), we do the device DMA configure before the actual device 
driver probe, and I just need that ordering to be ensured between devices.

Thanks,
John