Messages in this thread | | | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Date | Wed, 15 Apr 2020 09:54:53 +0200 | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH v2 1/2] driver core: Revert default driver_deferred_probe_timeout value to 0 |
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On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 9:26 AM John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> wrote: > In commit c8c43cee29f6 ("driver core: Fix > driver_deferred_probe_check_state() logic"), we both cleaned up > the logic and also set the default driver_deferred_probe_timeout > value to 30 seconds to allow for drivers that are missing > dependencies to have some time so that the dependency may be > loaded from userland after initcalls_done is set. > > However, Yoshihiro Shimoda reported that on his device that > expects to have unmet dependencies (due to "optional links" in > its devicetree), was failing to mount the NFS root. > > In digging further, it seemed the problem was that while the > device properly probes after waiting 30 seconds for any missing > modules to load, the ip_auto_config() had already failed, > resulting in NFS to fail. This was due to ip_auto_config() > calling wait_for_device_probe() which doesn't wait for the > driver_deferred_probe_timeout to fire. > > Fixing that issue is possible, but could also introduce 30 > second delays in bootups for users who don't have any > missing dependencies, which is not ideal. > > So I think the best solution to avoid any regressions is to > revert back to a default timeout value of zero, and allow > systems that need to utilize the timeout in order for userland > to load any modules that supply misisng dependencies in the dts > to specify the timeout length via the exiting documented boot > argument. > > Thanks to Geert for chasing down that ip_auto_config was why NFS > was failing in this case! > > Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> > Cc: Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru> > Cc: Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> > Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> > Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@rjwysocki.net> > Cc: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> > Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> > Cc: Yoshihiro Shimoda <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@renesas.com> > Cc: netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org> > Cc: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org > Reported-by: Yoshihiro Shimoda <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@renesas.com> > Fixes: c8c43cee29f6 ("driver core: Fix driver_deferred_probe_check_state() logic") > Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Works fine with all four combinations (CONFIG_IPMMU_VMSA=y/n and CONFIG_MODULES=y/n) on Renesas Salvator-X(S) with R-Car Gen3.
Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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