[PATCH v6 21/22] driver core: Start processing deferred probes earlier

[Tomeu Vizoso]

Some initcalls in the late level assume that some devices will have
already probed without explicitly checking for that.

After the recent move to defer most device probes when they are
registered, pressure increased in the late initcall level.

By starting the processing of the deferred queue in device_initcall_sync
we increase the chances that the initcalls mentioned before will find
the devices they depend on to have already probed.

Signed-off-by: Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu.vizoso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

Changes in v4:
- Start processing deferred probes in device_initcall_sync

 drivers/base/dd.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index 269ea76c1a4f..f0ef9233fcd6 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static void driver_deferred_probe_trigger(void)
  *
  * We don't want to get in the way when the bulk of drivers are getting probed.
  * Instead, this initcall makes sure that deferred probing is delayed until
- * late_initcall time.
+ * device_initcall_sync time.
  */
 static int deferred_probe_initcall(void)
 {
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static int deferred_probe_initcall(void)
 	flush_workqueue(deferred_wq);
 	return 0;
 }
-late_initcall(deferred_probe_initcall);
+device_initcall_sync(deferred_probe_initcall);
 
 static void driver_bound(struct device *dev)
 {
-- 
2.4.3

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