Re: [PATCH v1] dd: Invoke one probe retry cycle after some initcall levels

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 7:40 PM Rishabh Bhatnagar <rishabhb@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Rishabh Bhatnagar <rishabhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Drivers that are registered at an initcall level may have to
> wait until late_init before the probe deferral mechanism can
> retry their probe functions. It is possible that their
> dependencies were resolved much earlier, in some cases even
> before the next initcall level. Invoke one probe retry cycle
> at every _sync initcall level after subsys initcall, allowing
> these drivers to be probed earlier.
> To give an example many Qualcomm drivers are dependent on the
> regulator and bus driver. Both the regulator and bus driver
> are probed in the subsys_initcall level. Now the probe of bus
> driver requires regulator to be working. If the probe of bus
> driver happens before regulator, then bus driver's probe will
> be deferred and all other device's probes which depend on bus
> driver will also be deferred.
> The impact of this problem is reduced if we have this patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vikram Mulukutla <markivx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Rishabh Bhatnagar <rishabhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Changes since v0:
>  * Remove arch_initcall_sync(deferred_probe_initcall) from patch. This is not
>    really needed as none of the devices are re-probed in arch_initcall_sync
>    level.
>
>  drivers/base/dd.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
> index 1435d72..9aa41aa 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/dd.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
> @@ -224,23 +224,43 @@ void device_unblock_probing(void)
>         driver_deferred_probe_trigger();
>  }
>
> +static void enable_trigger_defer_cycle(void)
> +{
> +       driver_deferred_probe_enable = true;

Isn't it sufficient to enable it once?

> +       driver_deferred_probe_trigger();
> +       /*
> +        * Sort as many dependencies as possible before the next initcall
> +        * level
> +        */
> +       flush_work(&deferred_probe_work);
> +}

I would call this function driver_deferred_probe_sync() or similar to
indicate that it is a synchronization point.

Thanks,
Rafael