Re: [PATCH] driver core: remove polling for driver_probe_done(v2)

[Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>]

On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:31:42 +0800,
tom.leiming@gmail.com wrote:


>  /**
> + * driver_wait_probe_done_and_dev_appear
> + * wait until the probe sequence is finished _and_ the dev @name appears.
> + *
> + */
> +void driver_wait_probe_done_and_dev_appear(char *name)
> +{
> +	pr_debug("%s: probe_count = %d\n", __func__,
> +		 atomic_read(&probe_count));
> +
> +	wait_event(probe_waitqueue, (atomic_read(&probe_count) == 0) &&
> +		  name_to_dev_t(name));

probe_waitqueue is only woken at the end of really_probe(), not when
whatever needs to be done to make the device available is done...

> +}
> +/**
>   * driver_probe_device - attempt to bind device & driver together
>   * @drv: driver to bind a device to
>   * @dev: device to try to bind to the driver