From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932202AbZBEBJc (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Feb 2009 20:09:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1760859AbZBEBIx (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Feb 2009 20:08:53 -0500 Received: from casper.infradead.org ([85.118.1.10]:39928 "EHLO casper.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932157AbZBEBIw (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Feb 2009 20:08:52 -0500 Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 17:08:58 -0800 From: Arjan van de Ven To: Greg KH Cc: tom.leiming@gmail.com, kay.sievers@vrfy.org, cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver core: remove polling for driver_probe_done(v3) Message-ID: <20090204170858.2d07b546@infradead.org> In-Reply-To: <20090204230851.GF18484@kroah.com> References: <1233319715-4877-1-git-send-email-tom.leiming@gmail.com> <20090130065224.47729f41@infradead.org> <20090204230851.GF18484@kroah.com> Organization: Intel X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.14.5; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by casper.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 15:08:51 -0800 Greg KH wrote: > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 06:52:24AM -0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:48:35 +0800 > > tom.leiming@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > From: Ming Lei > > > > > > This patch adds a function : driver_wait_probe_done, > > > which waits on condition of probing done to replace > > > polling for driver_probe_done in fs initialization. > > > > > > There is no better way to avoid polling for > > > driver_probe_done _and_ existence of the root device, > > > so we does not replace the driver_probe_done with > > > driver_wait_probe_done in such special case. > > > > > > Removing polling in fs initialization may lead to > > > a faster boot. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Ming Lei > > > > ok this one will work fine ;) > > > > Reviewed-by: Arjan van de Ven > > > > thanks for fixing this up > > (it will clash with the patch that moves this to one place, but the > > same cleanup can be done there) > > What patch is that? Should i be taking this? Or are they in some > other tree? it's the suspend-resume regression fixes that either you already have or that raphael sent to you > > thanks, > > greg k-h -- Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org