From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AC1103C0604; Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:42:23 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1785130944; cv=none; b=a33KZE7X3N/XxVeMifoVUoQO42NcVsSdJUkLITXhEx3IkMMlFPhfNMDBdIc4ZsSsie3LmwLYLofrFybACzIiGUqKXTF4e86Mowukk0lX6yviO2v3k9i2qrvY3QUTjloAWZHRLjyCi78s+jJtMobNAlqhi78WWICZzJuS3q00hBE= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1785130944; c=relaxed/simple; bh=51t5vxEMDVj8nQTP6Sr4u0a15YnGCLCIKZEWA9l1EFU=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=gkF+3AboN00xlePLXlBkYElgXuA9t6dS1/KFJQ5cIRapHohQ+GrcILjwWn++XfCaU5RogiHniQFT2IGerGUFo0mHEjAL4ny9NLGlv6G3Yp2KfijHyPan0D22SFUnVfN885SWG1gh/ikgVW6VlmWEQ3gX6XOPykvIv43MeJ37Aug= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=m4v4fwI7; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="m4v4fwI7" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A7F6B1F000E9; Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:42:22 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1785130943; bh=sw5c3zEWmNLiFwyC5EpyUwsQK+18O21cg2u/HuS1E3w=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=m4v4fwI7HLnf3cF6GTv2aBAiY67mbciXxTwp74icp6oR8H3pRLyVOXj/LtBkpw3AE qZGk62rfdSRkomFPrCbGfzzxqBgcp2iwUcfDWsyHxBRC70o5jP/LODe9o8wW4n+Spg X+darfUhN9bONK5c0oatfZLSbMp6Id/xnrIkDR60= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 07:40:57 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: Danilo Krummrich , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , driver-core@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver core: introduce PROBE_FORCE_ASYNCHRONOUS Message-ID: <2026072729-driller-leggings-e530@gregkh> References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: driver-core@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: On Sun, Jul 26, 2026 at 10:31:41PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > Add PROBE_FORCE_ASYNCHRONOUS probe type enum and update > driver_allows_async_probing() to allow asynchronous probing for drivers > marked with this type. > > While PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS exists, it represents a temporary opt-in > preference. Subsystems that require asynchronous probing (such as slow > legacy buses) need a dedicated probe type to guarantee asynchronous > execution. > > Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.5-flash > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov > --- > > I am planning to rework serio and gameport subsystems to rely on > asynchronous probing instead of rolling their own implementations. What do you mean? Why doesn't the PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS work for you for those subsystems? thanks, greg k-h