Re: [PATCH] driver core: Use dev_warn() instead of dev_WARN() for deferred_probe_timeout warnings

[Naresh Kamboju]

On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 at 01:57, John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> In commit c8c43cee29f6 ("driver core: Fix
> driver_deferred_probe_check_state() logic") and following
> changes the logic was changes slightly so that if there is no
> driver to match whats found in the dtb, we wait 30 seconds
> for modules to be loaded by userland, and then timeout, where
> as previously we'd print "ignoring dependency for device,
> assuming no driver" and immediately return -ENODEV after
> initcall_done.
>
> However, in the timeout case (which previously existed but was
> practicaly un-used without a boot argument), the timeout message
> uses dev_WARN(). This means folks are now seeing a big backtrace
> in their boot logs if there a entry in their dts that doesn't
> have a driver.
>
> To fix this, lets use dev_warn(), instead of dev_WARN() to match
> the previous error path.
>
> Cc: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Basil Eljuse <Basil.Eljuse@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ferry Toth <fntoth@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: c8c43cee29f6 ("driver core: Fix driver_deferred_probe_check_state() logic")
> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx>

Tested-by: Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@xxxxxxxxxx>

I have applied this patch and tested.
The reported problem is fixed by patch on arm64 Juno-r2 device.
https://lkft.validation.linaro.org/scheduler/job/1323860#L556

- Naresh