Re: [PATCH v6 2/4] driver core: add deferring probe reason to devices_deferred property

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 12:01 PM Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> /sys/kernel/debug/devices_deferred property contains list of deferred devices.
> This list does not contain reason why the driver deferred probe, the patch
> improves it.
> The natural place to set the reason is probe_err function introduced recently,
> ie. if probe_err will be called with -EPROBE_DEFER instead of printk the message
> will be attached to deferred device and printed when user read devices_deferred
> property.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  drivers/base/base.h |  3 +++
>  drivers/base/core.c |  8 ++++++--
>  drivers/base/dd.c   | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/base.h b/drivers/base/base.h
> index 95c22c0f9036..6954fccab3d7 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/base.h
> +++ b/drivers/base/base.h
> @@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ struct device_private {
>         struct klist_node knode_class;
>         struct list_head deferred_probe;
>         struct device_driver *async_driver;
> +       char *deferred_probe_reason;
>         struct device *device;
>         u8 dead:1;
>  };
> @@ -134,6 +135,8 @@ extern void device_release_driver_internal(struct device *dev,
>  extern void driver_detach(struct device_driver *drv);
>  extern int driver_probe_device(struct device_driver *drv, struct device *dev);
>  extern void driver_deferred_probe_del(struct device *dev);
> +extern void device_set_deferred_probe_reson(const struct device *dev,
> +                                           struct va_format *vaf);
>  static inline int driver_match_device(struct device_driver *drv,
>                                       struct device *dev)
>  {
> diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
> index 3a827c82933f..fee047f03681 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/core.c
> @@ -3963,6 +3963,8 @@ define_dev_printk_level(_dev_info, KERN_INFO);
>   * This helper implements common pattern present in probe functions for error
>   * checking: print debug or error message depending if the error value is
>   * -EPROBE_DEFER and propagate error upwards.
> + * In case of -EPROBE_DEFER it sets also defer probe reason, which can be
> + * checked later by reading devices_deferred debugfs attribute.
>   * It replaces code sequence:
>   *     if (err != -EPROBE_DEFER)
>   *             dev_err(dev, ...);
> @@ -3984,10 +3986,12 @@ int dev_err_probe(const struct device *dev, int err, const char *fmt, ...)
>         vaf.fmt = fmt;
>         vaf.va = &args;
>
> -       if (err != -EPROBE_DEFER)
> +       if (err != -EPROBE_DEFER) {
>                 dev_err(dev, "error %d: %pV", err, &vaf);
> -       else
> +       } else {
> +               device_set_deferred_probe_reson(dev, &vaf);
>                 dev_dbg(dev, "error %d: %pV", err, &vaf);
> +       }
>
>         va_end(args);
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
> index 9a1d940342ac..dd5683b61f74 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/dd.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
> @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
>  #include <linux/async.h>
>  #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
>  #include <linux/pinctrl/devinfo.h>
> +#include <linux/slab.h>
>
>  #include "base.h"
>  #include "power/power.h"
> @@ -136,6 +137,8 @@ void driver_deferred_probe_del(struct device *dev)
>         if (!list_empty(&dev->p->deferred_probe)) {
>                 dev_dbg(dev, "Removed from deferred list\n");
>                 list_del_init(&dev->p->deferred_probe);
> +               kfree(dev->p->deferred_probe_reason);
> +               dev->p->deferred_probe_reason = NULL;
>         }
>         mutex_unlock(&deferred_probe_mutex);
>  }
> @@ -211,6 +214,23 @@ void device_unblock_probing(void)
>         driver_deferred_probe_trigger();
>  }
>
> +/**
> + * device_set_deferred_probe_reson() - Set defer probe reason message for device
> + * @dev: the pointer to the struct device
> + * @vaf: the pointer to va_format structure with message
> + */
> +void device_set_deferred_probe_reson(const struct device *dev, struct va_format *vaf)
> +{
> +       const char *drv = dev_driver_string(dev);
> +
> +       mutex_lock(&deferred_probe_mutex);
> +
> +       kfree(dev->p->deferred_probe_reason);
> +       dev->p->deferred_probe_reason = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s: %pV", drv, vaf);
> +
> +       mutex_unlock(&deferred_probe_mutex);
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * deferred_devs_show() - Show the devices in the deferred probe pending list.
>   */
> @@ -221,7 +241,8 @@ static int deferred_devs_show(struct seq_file *s, void *data)
>         mutex_lock(&deferred_probe_mutex);
>
>         list_for_each_entry(curr, &deferred_probe_pending_list, deferred_probe)
> -               seq_printf(s, "%s\n", dev_name(curr->device));
> +               seq_printf(s, "%s\t%s", dev_name(curr->device),
> +                          curr->device->p->deferred_probe_reason ?: "\n");
>
>         mutex_unlock(&deferred_probe_mutex);
>
> --
> 2.17.1
>