Re: [PATCH v4 2/6] driver core: Set deferred_probe_timeout to a longer default if CONFIG_MODULES is set

[Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org>]

On Wed 19 Feb 21:04 PST 2020, John Stultz wrote:

> When using modules, its common for the modules not to be loaded
> until quite late by userland. With the current code,
> driver_deferred_probe_check_state() will stop returning
> EPROBE_DEFER after late_initcall, which can cause module
> dependency resolution to fail after that.
> 
> So allow a longer window of 30 seconds (picked somewhat
> arbitrarily, but influenced by the similar regulator core
> timeout value) in the case where modules are enabled.
> 
> Cc: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>
> Cc: Kevin Hilman <khilman@kernel.org>
> Cc: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org>
> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
> Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
> Cc: Todd Kjos <tkjos@google.com>
> Cc: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org>
> Cc: Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@gmail.com>
> Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
> Cc: Thierry Reding <treding@nvidia.com>
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Cc: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
> Change-Id: I9c5a02a54915ff53f9f14d49c601f41d7105e05e

Change-Id...

Reviewed-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org>

Regards,
Bjorn

> ---
> v4:
> * Split out into its own patch as suggested by Mark
> * Made change conditional on CONFIG_MODULES
> ---
>  drivers/base/dd.c | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
> index bb383dca39c1..fa138f24e2d3 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/dd.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
> @@ -224,7 +224,16 @@ static int deferred_devs_show(struct seq_file *s, void *data)
>  }
>  DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(deferred_devs);
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
> +/*
> + * In the case of modules, set the default probe timeout to
> + * 30 seconds to give userland some time to load needed modules
> + */
> +static int deferred_probe_timeout = 30;
> +#else
> +/* In the case of !modules, no probe timeout needed */
>  static int deferred_probe_timeout = -1;
> +#endif
>  static int __init deferred_probe_timeout_setup(char *str)
>  {
>  	int timeout;
> -- 
> 2.17.1
>