Re: [PATCH igt] module_reload: remove snd_hda_intel

[Ben Widawsky <ben@bwidawsk.net>]

On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 11:56:09AM -0200, Paulo Zanoni wrote:
> From: Paulo Zanoni <paulo.r.zanoni@intel.com>
> 
> The audio driver uses the power well provided by our driver, so on
> Haswell we can't "rmmod i915" if we don't "rmmod snd_hda_intel" first.
> 
> The problem with removing snd_hda_intel is that we also need to kill
> its users. On the specific machine I tested, the only user seem to be
> alsactl, but on other machines this may change. IMHO we should leave
> the "kill user space" step to whoever is running the script, but
> Daniel asked me to put it here so we have a better chance of Just
> Working on QA's machines.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paulo Zanoni <paulo.r.zanoni@intel.com>
> ---
>  tests/module_reload | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tests/module_reload b/tests/module_reload
> index 3d8cb85..c1fd395 100755
> --- a/tests/module_reload
> +++ b/tests/module_reload
> @@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ if ! echo 0 > /sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon1/bind ; then
>  	exit 77
>  fi
>  
> +# The sound driver uses our power well
> +pkill alsactl
> +rmmod snd_hda_intel &> /dev/null
> +
>  #ignore errors in ips - gen5 only
>  rmmod intel_ips &> /dev/null
>  rmmod i915
> @@ -38,6 +42,8 @@ fi
>  modprobe i915
>  echo 1 > /sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon1/bind
>  
> +modprobe snd_hda_intel
> +
>  # try to run something
>  $SOURCE_DIR/gem_exec_nop > /dev/null && echo "module successfully loaded again"
>  

I don't really pretend to understand how module dependencies are
calculated. However, I would think the dependency should be *somewhere*
and so modprobe -r i915 should work.

Don't read that as a nak. Rather, a wtf is with the existing stuff?

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Ben Widawsky, Intel Open Source Technology Center