Re: About boot time Tux logo with -EPROBE_DEFER

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Morimoto-san,

On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 2:24 AM, Kuninori Morimoto
<kuninori.morimoto.gx@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I want to ask you about boot time Tux logo.
>
> For some reasons, current our video driver returns -EPROBE_DEFER when
> probe timing, but logo init function doesn't care it.
> Thus, our kernel can't have logo when boot time.
>
> I think this is not only our issue, but general issue ?
>
> Thus, I think logo init function should care about -EPROBE_DEFER
> or something. In our quick hack, this issue was solved by below patch,
> but I don't know this is OK.

The important part is that fb_logo_late_init() is called
  - as late as possible, to allow to draw the logo as late as possible,
  - but before free_initmem(), to avoid using freed memory.

kernel_init()
{
    kernel_init_freeable()
    {
        ...
        do_basic_setup()
        {
            ...
            do_initcalls();
            ...
        }
        ...
    }
    /* need to finish all async __init code before freeing the memory */
    async_synchronize_full();
    free_initmem();
    ...
}

According to the call graph above, the latest initcall() should be OK.

> So, how to solve this issue ? do you have nice idea ?
> or can maintainer accept below patch ?
>
> -------------------
> diff --git a/drivers/video/logo/logo.c b/drivers/video/logo/logo.c
> index b6bc4a0bda2a..4d50bfd13e7c 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/logo/logo.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/logo/logo.c
> @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static int __init fb_logo_late_init(void)
>      return 0;
>  }
>
> -late_initcall(fb_logo_late_init);
> +late_initcall_sync(fb_logo_late_init);
>
>  /* logo's are marked __initdata. Use __ref to tell
>   * modpost that it is intended that this function uses data

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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