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<title>linux-stable.git/drivers/base/dd.c, branch v6.2.2</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/'/>
<entry>
<title>driver core: Fix bus_type.match() error handling in __driver_attach()</title>
<updated>2022-11-10T17:36:04+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Isaac J. Manjarres</name>
<email>isaacmanjarres@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-09-21T00:14:13+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
When a driver registers with a bus, it will attempt to match with every
device on the bus through the __driver_attach() function. Currently, if
the bus_type.match() function encounters an error that is not
-EPROBE_DEFER, __driver_attach() will return a negative error code, which
causes the driver registration logic to stop trying to match with the
remaining devices on the bus.

This behavior is not correct; a failure while matching a driver to a
device does not mean that the driver won't be able to match and bind
with other devices on the bus. Update the logic in __driver_attach()
to reflect this.

Fixes: 656b8035b0ee ("ARM: 8524/1: driver cohandle -EPROBE_DEFER from bus_type.match()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Saravana Kannan &lt;saravanak@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Isaac J. Manjarres &lt;isaacmanjarres@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220921001414.4046492-1-isaacmanjarres@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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When a driver registers with a bus, it will attempt to match with every
device on the bus through the __driver_attach() function. Currently, if
the bus_type.match() function encounters an error that is not
-EPROBE_DEFER, __driver_attach() will return a negative error code, which
causes the driver registration logic to stop trying to match with the
remaining devices on the bus.

This behavior is not correct; a failure while matching a driver to a
device does not mean that the driver won't be able to match and bind
with other devices on the bus. Update the logic in __driver_attach()
to reflect this.

Fixes: 656b8035b0ee ("ARM: 8524/1: driver cohandle -EPROBE_DEFER from bus_type.match()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Saravana Kannan &lt;saravanak@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Isaac J. Manjarres &lt;isaacmanjarres@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220921001414.4046492-1-isaacmanjarres@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>driver core: mark driver_allows_async_probing static</title>
<updated>2022-11-10T17:31:04+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christoph Hellwig</name>
<email>hch@lst.de</email>
</author>
<published>2022-10-30T09:22:55+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
driver_allows_async_probing is only used in drivers/base/dd.c, so mark
it static and remove the declaration in drivers/base/base.h.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221030092255.872280-1-hch@lst.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<pre>
driver_allows_async_probing is only used in drivers/base/dd.c, so mark
it static and remove the declaration in drivers/base/base.h.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221030092255.872280-1-hch@lst.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge 6.0-rc5 into driver-core-next</title>
<updated>2022-09-12T14:51:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Greg Kroah-Hartman</name>
<email>gregkh@linuxfoundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-09-12T14:51:22+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=a791dc135325862fdf491ac088f54993710e2515'/>
<id>a791dc135325862fdf491ac088f54993710e2515</id>
<content type='text'>
We need the driver core and debugfs changes in this branch.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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We need the driver core and debugfs changes in this branch.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>driver_core: move from strlcpy with unused retval to strscpy</title>
<updated>2022-09-01T16:15:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Wolfram Sang</name>
<email>wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-08-18T20:59:56+00:00</published>
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<id>07b7b883be5ba0b4bd9ebf8d72c236ef36ae2676</id>
<content type='text'>
Follow the advice of the below link and prefer 'strscpy' in this
subsystem. Conversion is 1:1 because the return value is not used.
Generated by a coccinelle script.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wgfRnXz0W3D37d01q3JFkr_i_uTL=V6A6G1oUZcprmknw@mail.gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang &lt;wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220818205956.6528-1-wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<pre>
Follow the advice of the below link and prefer 'strscpy' in this
subsystem. Conversion is 1:1 because the return value is not used.
Generated by a coccinelle script.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wgfRnXz0W3D37d01q3JFkr_i_uTL=V6A6G1oUZcprmknw@mail.gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang &lt;wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220818205956.6528-1-wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>driver core: Don't probe devices after bus_type.match() probe deferral</title>
<updated>2022-09-01T13:57:13+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Isaac J. Manjarres</name>
<email>isaacmanjarres@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-08-17T18:40:26+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=25e9fbf0fd38868a429feabc38abebfc6dbf6542'/>
<id>25e9fbf0fd38868a429feabc38abebfc6dbf6542</id>
<content type='text'>
Both __device_attach_driver() and __driver_attach() check the return
code of the bus_type.match() function to see if the device needs to be
added to the deferred probe list. After adding the device to the list,
the logic attempts to bind the device to the driver anyway, as if the
device had matched with the driver, which is not correct.

If __device_attach_driver() detects that the device in question is not
ready to match with a driver on the bus, then it doesn't make sense for
the device to attempt to bind with the current driver or continue
attempting to match with any of the other drivers on the bus. So, update
the logic in __device_attach_driver() to reflect this.

If __driver_attach() detects that a driver tried to match with a device
that is not ready to match yet, then the driver should not attempt to bind
with the device. However, the driver can still attempt to match and bind
with other devices on the bus, as drivers can be bound to multiple
devices. So, update the logic in __driver_attach() to reflect this.

Fixes: 656b8035b0ee ("ARM: 8524/1: driver cohandle -EPROBE_DEFER from bus_type.match()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Saravana Kannan &lt;saravanak@google.com&gt;
Reported-by: Guenter Roeck &lt;linux@roeck-us.net&gt;
Tested-by: Guenter Roeck &lt;linux@roeck-us.net&gt;
Tested-by: Linus Walleij &lt;linus.walleij@linaro.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Saravana Kannan &lt;saravanak@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Isaac J. Manjarres &lt;isaacmanjarres@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220817184026.3468620-1-isaacmanjarres@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<pre>
Both __device_attach_driver() and __driver_attach() check the return
code of the bus_type.match() function to see if the device needs to be
added to the deferred probe list. After adding the device to the list,
the logic attempts to bind the device to the driver anyway, as if the
device had matched with the driver, which is not correct.

If __device_attach_driver() detects that the device in question is not
ready to match with a driver on the bus, then it doesn't make sense for
the device to attempt to bind with the current driver or continue
attempting to match with any of the other drivers on the bus. So, update
the logic in __device_attach_driver() to reflect this.

If __driver_attach() detects that a driver tried to match with a device
that is not ready to match yet, then the driver should not attempt to bind
with the device. However, the driver can still attempt to match and bind
with other devices on the bus, as drivers can be bound to multiple
devices. So, update the logic in __driver_attach() to reflect this.

Fixes: 656b8035b0ee ("ARM: 8524/1: driver cohandle -EPROBE_DEFER from bus_type.match()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Saravana Kannan &lt;saravanak@google.com&gt;
Reported-by: Guenter Roeck &lt;linux@roeck-us.net&gt;
Tested-by: Guenter Roeck &lt;linux@roeck-us.net&gt;
Tested-by: Linus Walleij &lt;linus.walleij@linaro.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Saravana Kannan &lt;saravanak@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Isaac J. Manjarres &lt;isaacmanjarres@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220817184026.3468620-1-isaacmanjarres@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Revert "driver core: Delete driver_deferred_probe_check_state()"</title>
<updated>2022-08-23T11:14:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Saravana Kannan</name>
<email>saravanak@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-08-19T22:16:11+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=13a8e0f6b01b14b2e28ba144e112c883f03a3db2'/>
<id>13a8e0f6b01b14b2e28ba144e112c883f03a3db2</id>
<content type='text'>
This reverts commit 9cbffc7a59561be950ecc675d19a3d2b45202b2b.

There are a few more issues to fix that have been reported in the thread
for the original series [1]. We'll need to fix those before this will work.
So, revert it for now.

[1] - https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220601070707.3946847-1-saravanak@google.com/

Fixes: 9cbffc7a5956 ("driver core: Delete driver_deferred_probe_check_state()")
Tested-by: Tony Lindgren &lt;tony@atomide.com&gt;
Tested-by: Peng Fan &lt;peng.fan@nxp.com&gt;
Tested-by: Douglas Anderson &lt;dianders@chromium.org&gt;
Tested-by: Alexander Stein &lt;alexander.stein@ew.tq-group.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Tony Lindgren &lt;tony@atomide.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan &lt;saravanak@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220819221616.2107893-2-saravanak@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<pre>
This reverts commit 9cbffc7a59561be950ecc675d19a3d2b45202b2b.

There are a few more issues to fix that have been reported in the thread
for the original series [1]. We'll need to fix those before this will work.
So, revert it for now.

[1] - https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220601070707.3946847-1-saravanak@google.com/

Fixes: 9cbffc7a5956 ("driver core: Delete driver_deferred_probe_check_state()")
Tested-by: Tony Lindgren &lt;tony@atomide.com&gt;
Tested-by: Peng Fan &lt;peng.fan@nxp.com&gt;
Tested-by: Douglas Anderson &lt;dianders@chromium.org&gt;
Tested-by: Alexander Stein &lt;alexander.stein@ew.tq-group.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Tony Lindgren &lt;tony@atomide.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan &lt;saravanak@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220819221616.2107893-2-saravanak@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>driver core: fix potential deadlock in __driver_attach</title>
<updated>2022-06-27T14:43:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Zhang Wensheng</name>
<email>zhangwensheng5@huawei.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-06-22T07:43:27+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=70fe758352cafdee72a7b13bf9db065f9613ced8'/>
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<content type='text'>
In __driver_attach function, There are also AA deadlock problem,
like the commit b232b02bf3c2 ("driver core: fix deadlock in
__device_attach").

stack like commit b232b02bf3c2 ("driver core: fix deadlock in
__device_attach").
list below:
    In __driver_attach function, The lock holding logic is as follows:
    ...
    __driver_attach
    if (driver_allows_async_probing(drv))
      device_lock(dev)      // get lock dev
        async_schedule_dev(__driver_attach_async_helper, dev); // func
          async_schedule_node
            async_schedule_node_domain(func)
              entry = kzalloc(sizeof(struct async_entry), GFP_ATOMIC);
              /* when fail or work limit, sync to execute func, but
                 __driver_attach_async_helper will get lock dev as
                 will, which will lead to A-A deadlock.  */
              if (!entry || atomic_read(&amp;entry_count) &gt; MAX_WORK) {
                func;
              else
                queue_work_node(node, system_unbound_wq, &amp;entry-&gt;work)
      device_unlock(dev)

    As above show, when it is allowed to do async probes, because of
    out of memory or work limit, async work is not be allowed, to do
    sync execute instead. it will lead to A-A deadlock because of
    __driver_attach_async_helper getting lock dev.

Reproduce:
and it can be reproduce by make the condition
(if (!entry || atomic_read(&amp;entry_count) &gt; MAX_WORK)) untenable, like
below:

[  370.785650] "echo 0 &gt; /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables
this message.
[  370.787154] task:swapper/0       state:D stack:    0 pid:    1 ppid:
0 flags:0x00004000
[  370.788865] Call Trace:
[  370.789374]  &lt;TASK&gt;
[  370.789841]  __schedule+0x482/0x1050
[  370.790613]  schedule+0x92/0x1a0
[  370.791290]  schedule_preempt_disabled+0x2c/0x50
[  370.792256]  __mutex_lock.isra.0+0x757/0xec0
[  370.793158]  __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x1f/0x30
[  370.794079]  mutex_lock+0x50/0x60
[  370.794795]  __device_driver_lock+0x2f/0x70
[  370.795677]  ? driver_probe_device+0xd0/0xd0
[  370.796576]  __driver_attach_async_helper+0x1d/0xd0
[  370.797318]  ? driver_probe_device+0xd0/0xd0
[  370.797957]  async_schedule_node_domain+0xa5/0xc0
[  370.798652]  async_schedule_node+0x19/0x30
[  370.799243]  __driver_attach+0x246/0x290
[  370.799828]  ? driver_allows_async_probing+0xa0/0xa0
[  370.800548]  bus_for_each_dev+0x9d/0x130
[  370.801132]  driver_attach+0x22/0x30
[  370.801666]  bus_add_driver+0x290/0x340
[  370.802246]  driver_register+0x88/0x140
[  370.802817]  ? virtio_scsi_init+0x116/0x116
[  370.803425]  scsi_register_driver+0x1a/0x30
[  370.804057]  init_sd+0x184/0x226
[  370.804533]  do_one_initcall+0x71/0x3a0
[  370.805107]  kernel_init_freeable+0x39a/0x43a
[  370.805759]  ? rest_init+0x150/0x150
[  370.806283]  kernel_init+0x26/0x230
[  370.806799]  ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30

To fix the deadlock, move the async_schedule_dev outside device_lock,
as we can see, in async_schedule_node_domain, the parameter of
queue_work_node is system_unbound_wq, so it can accept concurrent
operations. which will also not change the code logic, and will
not lead to deadlock.

Fixes: ef0ff68351be ("driver core: Probe devices asynchronously instead of the driver")
Signed-off-by: Zhang Wensheng &lt;zhangwensheng5@huawei.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220622074327.497102-1-zhangwensheng5@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</content>
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<pre>
In __driver_attach function, There are also AA deadlock problem,
like the commit b232b02bf3c2 ("driver core: fix deadlock in
__device_attach").

stack like commit b232b02bf3c2 ("driver core: fix deadlock in
__device_attach").
list below:
    In __driver_attach function, The lock holding logic is as follows:
    ...
    __driver_attach
    if (driver_allows_async_probing(drv))
      device_lock(dev)      // get lock dev
        async_schedule_dev(__driver_attach_async_helper, dev); // func
          async_schedule_node
            async_schedule_node_domain(func)
              entry = kzalloc(sizeof(struct async_entry), GFP_ATOMIC);
              /* when fail or work limit, sync to execute func, but
                 __driver_attach_async_helper will get lock dev as
                 will, which will lead to A-A deadlock.  */
              if (!entry || atomic_read(&amp;entry_count) &gt; MAX_WORK) {
                func;
              else
                queue_work_node(node, system_unbound_wq, &amp;entry-&gt;work)
      device_unlock(dev)

    As above show, when it is allowed to do async probes, because of
    out of memory or work limit, async work is not be allowed, to do
    sync execute instead. it will lead to A-A deadlock because of
    __driver_attach_async_helper getting lock dev.

Reproduce:
and it can be reproduce by make the condition
(if (!entry || atomic_read(&amp;entry_count) &gt; MAX_WORK)) untenable, like
below:

[  370.785650] "echo 0 &gt; /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables
this message.
[  370.787154] task:swapper/0       state:D stack:    0 pid:    1 ppid:
0 flags:0x00004000
[  370.788865] Call Trace:
[  370.789374]  &lt;TASK&gt;
[  370.789841]  __schedule+0x482/0x1050
[  370.790613]  schedule+0x92/0x1a0
[  370.791290]  schedule_preempt_disabled+0x2c/0x50
[  370.792256]  __mutex_lock.isra.0+0x757/0xec0
[  370.793158]  __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x1f/0x30
[  370.794079]  mutex_lock+0x50/0x60
[  370.794795]  __device_driver_lock+0x2f/0x70
[  370.795677]  ? driver_probe_device+0xd0/0xd0
[  370.796576]  __driver_attach_async_helper+0x1d/0xd0
[  370.797318]  ? driver_probe_device+0xd0/0xd0
[  370.797957]  async_schedule_node_domain+0xa5/0xc0
[  370.798652]  async_schedule_node+0x19/0x30
[  370.799243]  __driver_attach+0x246/0x290
[  370.799828]  ? driver_allows_async_probing+0xa0/0xa0
[  370.800548]  bus_for_each_dev+0x9d/0x130
[  370.801132]  driver_attach+0x22/0x30
[  370.801666]  bus_add_driver+0x290/0x340
[  370.802246]  driver_register+0x88/0x140
[  370.802817]  ? virtio_scsi_init+0x116/0x116
[  370.803425]  scsi_register_driver+0x1a/0x30
[  370.804057]  init_sd+0x184/0x226
[  370.804533]  do_one_initcall+0x71/0x3a0
[  370.805107]  kernel_init_freeable+0x39a/0x43a
[  370.805759]  ? rest_init+0x150/0x150
[  370.806283]  kernel_init+0x26/0x230
[  370.806799]  ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30

To fix the deadlock, move the async_schedule_dev outside device_lock,
as we can see, in async_schedule_node_domain, the parameter of
queue_work_node is system_unbound_wq, so it can accept concurrent
operations. which will also not change the code logic, and will
not lead to deadlock.

Fixes: ef0ff68351be ("driver core: Probe devices asynchronously instead of the driver")
Signed-off-by: Zhang Wensheng &lt;zhangwensheng5@huawei.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220622074327.497102-1-zhangwensheng5@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>driver core: Delete driver_deferred_probe_check_state()</title>
<updated>2022-06-10T13:57:54+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Saravana Kannan</name>
<email>saravanak@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-06-01T07:07:05+00:00</published>
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The function is no longer used. So delete it.

Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven &lt;geert+renesas@glider.be&gt;
Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan &lt;saravanak@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220601070707.3946847-10-saravanak@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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The function is no longer used. So delete it.

Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven &lt;geert+renesas@glider.be&gt;
Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan &lt;saravanak@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220601070707.3946847-10-saravanak@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<title>Revert "driver core: Set default deferred_probe_timeout back to 0."</title>
<updated>2022-06-10T13:57:54+00:00</updated>
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<name>Saravana Kannan</name>
<email>saravanak@google.com</email>
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<published>2022-06-01T07:07:02+00:00</published>
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This reverts commit 11f7e7ef553b6b93ac1aa74a3c2011b9cc8aeb61.

Let's take another shot at getting deferred_probe_timeout=10 to work.

Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven &lt;geert+renesas@glider.be&gt;
Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan &lt;saravanak@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220601070707.3946847-7-saravanak@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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This reverts commit 11f7e7ef553b6b93ac1aa74a3c2011b9cc8aeb61.

Let's take another shot at getting deferred_probe_timeout=10 to work.

Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven &lt;geert+renesas@glider.be&gt;
Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan &lt;saravanak@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220601070707.3946847-7-saravanak@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<title>driver core: Add wait_for_init_devices_probe helper function</title>
<updated>2022-06-10T13:57:54+00:00</updated>
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<name>Saravana Kannan</name>
<email>saravanak@google.com</email>
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Some devices might need to be probed and bound successfully before the
kernel boot sequence can finish and move on to init/userspace. For
example, a network interface might need to be bound to be able to mount
a NFS rootfs.

With fw_devlink=on by default, some of these devices might be blocked
from probing because they are waiting on a optional supplier that
doesn't have a driver. While fw_devlink will eventually identify such
devices and unblock the probing automatically, it might be too late by
the time it unblocks the probing of devices. For example, the IP4
autoconfig might timeout before fw_devlink unblocks probing of the
network interface.

This function is available to temporarily try and probe all devices that
have a driver even if some of their suppliers haven't been added or
don't have drivers.

The drivers can then decide which of the suppliers are optional vs
mandatory and probe the device if possible. By the time this function
returns, all such "best effort" probes are guaranteed to be completed.
If a device successfully probes in this mode, we delete all fw_devlink
discovered dependencies of that device where the supplier hasn't yet
probed successfully because they have to be optional dependencies.

This also means that some devices that aren't needed for init and could
have waited for their optional supplier to probe (when the supplier's
module is loaded later on) would end up probing prematurely with limited
functionality.  So call this function only when boot would fail without
it.

Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven &lt;geert+renesas@glider.be&gt;
Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan &lt;saravanak@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220601070707.3946847-5-saravanak@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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Some devices might need to be probed and bound successfully before the
kernel boot sequence can finish and move on to init/userspace. For
example, a network interface might need to be bound to be able to mount
a NFS rootfs.

With fw_devlink=on by default, some of these devices might be blocked
from probing because they are waiting on a optional supplier that
doesn't have a driver. While fw_devlink will eventually identify such
devices and unblock the probing automatically, it might be too late by
the time it unblocks the probing of devices. For example, the IP4
autoconfig might timeout before fw_devlink unblocks probing of the
network interface.

This function is available to temporarily try and probe all devices that
have a driver even if some of their suppliers haven't been added or
don't have drivers.

The drivers can then decide which of the suppliers are optional vs
mandatory and probe the device if possible. By the time this function
returns, all such "best effort" probes are guaranteed to be completed.
If a device successfully probes in this mode, we delete all fw_devlink
discovered dependencies of that device where the supplier hasn't yet
probed successfully because they have to be optional dependencies.

This also means that some devices that aren't needed for init and could
have waited for their optional supplier to probe (when the supplier's
module is loaded later on) would end up probing prematurely with limited
functionality.  So call this function only when boot would fail without
it.

Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven &lt;geert+renesas@glider.be&gt;
Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan &lt;saravanak@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220601070707.3946847-5-saravanak@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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