Re: [PATCH v6 20/22] driver core: Allow deferring probes until late init

[Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>]

On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 3:05 AM, Tomeu Vizoso
<tomeu.vizoso@collabora.com> wrote:
> On 26 September 2015 at 20:15, Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> wrote:
>> On 09/21/2015 09:03 AM, Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
>>> Add a field to struct device that instructs the device-driver core to
>>> defer the probe of this device until the late_initcall level.
>>
>> This is true until the next patch with moves deferred probe processing
>> to device_initcall_sync. So disabling this option alone won't totally
>> revert to current behaviour. I guess patch 21 could be reverted if
>> necessary.
>
> Actually, the goal with that commit was to prevent potential problems
> due to the increased pressure on late_initcall, as suggested by
> Grygorii Strashko, but I haven't found yet any evidence of it being
> needed, and in my testing the series boot all boards in kernelci with
> or without this commit. So I would just not commit it for now and only
> consider applying it later if someone reports a problem.

I had similar concerns with assumptions about ordering WRT
late_initcall. I would keep this for now.

Rob