Re: [igt-dev] [PATCH i-g-t 2/2] lib/igt_kmod: Unload mei modules before unloading i915

["Dixit, Ashutosh" <ashutosh.dixit@intel.com>]

On Thu, 31 Mar 2022 14:54:08 -0700, Dixit, Ashutosh wrote:
>
> On Wed, 30 Mar 2022 11:32:59 -0700, Daniele Ceraolo Spurio wrote:
> >
> > mei_gsc binds to an aux device exposed by i915, so it depends on it and
> > need to be removed before we can unload i915.
> > On platforms with a GSC, the mei components (pxp, hdcp) depend on
> > mei_gsc, so those need to be unloaded first.
>
> Reviewed-by: Ashutosh Dixit <ashutosh.dixit@intel.com>
>
> > Signed-off-by: Daniele Ceraolo Spurio <daniele.ceraolospurio@intel.com>
> > Cc: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@intel.com>
> > ---
> >  lib/igt_kmod.c | 4 ++++
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/igt_kmod.c b/lib/igt_kmod.c
> > index d2ac8a56..28ffe515 100644
> > --- a/lib/igt_kmod.c
> > +++ b/lib/igt_kmod.c
> > @@ -400,6 +400,10 @@ int __igt_i915_driver_unload(const char **who)
> >	const char *aux[] = {
> >		/* gen5: ips uses symbol_get() so only a soft module dependency */
> >		"intel_ips",
> > +		/* mei_gsc uses an i915 aux dev and the other mei mods depend on it */
> > +		"mei_pxp",
> > +		"mei_hdcp",
> > +		"mei_gsc",

Actually come to think of it now, why do we even have this list?
igt_kmod_unload_r() should automatically try to unload any modules which
depend on i915. See 1fbeb61e2695. Or does the aux bus make these modules an
exception?