Re: [PATCH] driver core: auxiliary bus: Fix calling stage for auxiliary bus init

[Dan Williams]

On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 11:16 AM Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[..]
> > diff --git a/drivers/base/auxiliary.c b/drivers/base/auxiliary.c
> > index 8336535f1e11..53f93a506626 100644
> > --- a/drivers/base/auxiliary.c
> > +++ b/drivers/base/auxiliary.c
> > @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ static void __exit auxiliary_bus_exit(void)
> >       bus_unregister(&auxiliary_bus_type);
> >  }
> >
> > -module_init(auxiliary_bus_init);
> > +subsys_initcall(auxiliary_bus_init);
>
> Ah, the linker priority dance.  Are you _SURE_ this will solve this?

All users are module_init() today so it will work.... today. The
moment someone wants to use it in a built-in driver that uses
subsystem_init() it will ultimately be chased into driver_init().

> Why not just call this explicitly in driver_init() so that you know it
> will be ok?  Just like we do for the platform bus?

Cross that bridge when / if it happens?