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SubjectRe: [driver-core PATCH v7 4/9] driver core: Probe devices asynchronously instead of the driver
On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 04:32:26PM -0800, Alexander Duyck wrote:
> Probe devices asynchronously instead of the driver.

> +static void __driver_attach_async_helper(void *_dev, async_cookie_t cookie)
> +{
> + struct device *dev = _dev;
> + struct device_driver *drv;
> +
> + __device_driver_lock(dev, dev->parent);
> +
> + /*
> + * If someone attempted to bind a driver either successfully or
> + * unsuccessfully before we got here we should just skip the driver
> + * probe call.
> + */
> + drv = dev_get_drv_async(dev);
> + if (drv && !dev->driver)
> + driver_probe_device(drv, dev);

I believe this should mean drivers which have async work on probe can
deadlock. For instance, if a driver does call async_schedule() or a
derivative call does this for it, the kernel will call
async_synchronize_full() and I believe we deadlock.

Are we sure most subsystems which would use async probe will not have
an async_schedule() call?

Luis

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