Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] dax: add PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS to all dax drivers

From: dan.j.williams

Date: Fri Oct 24 2025 - 11:22:38 EST


Michal Clapinski wrote:
> Comments in linux/device/driver.h say that the goal is to do async
> probing on all devices. The current behavior unnecessarily slows down
> the boot by synchronously probing dax devices, so let's change that.
>
> For thousands of devices, this change saves >1s of boot time.

Please split this into 5 patches just so each can cause independent /
bisectable regressions, but other than that you can add:

Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>