Re: [RFC v1 7/8] Bluetooth: hci_serdev: remove the HCI_UART_INIT_PENDING check

[Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@gmail.com>]

Hi Martin,

On Sun, Nov 19, 2017, Martin Blumenstingl wrote:
> >> @@ -333,9 +333,6 @@ int hci_uart_register_device(struct hci_uart *hu,
> >>       else
> >>               hdev->dev_type = HCI_PRIMARY;
> >>
> >> -     if (test_bit(HCI_UART_INIT_PENDING, &hu->hdev_flags))
> >> -             return 0;
> >> -
> >
> > then lets also remove the flag definition itself. Or if that is
> > still needed for some legacy operation, then describe this. For
> > example I also see it used in hci_serdev.c and main question would
> > be if it is used there as well or some legacy cruft.
> 
> this flag is still used in hci_ldisc.c (if that's what you mean
> instead of hci_serdev.c):
> as far as I understand the code it's used to postpone the
> hci_register_dev() call until the sync response is received
> 
> Johan Hedberg added this code in 9f2aee848fe6 ("Bluetooth: Add delayed
> init sequence support for UART controllers") - it would be great if he
> could comment on this (he is CC'ed on this mail)

That patch is over five years old, so don't count on me remembering the
details ;)  That said, your analysis of its use sounds correct. It's
possible however that we've since then given HCI drivers other
capabilities that would make the INIT_PENDING flag redundant. E.g. the
setup callback didn't exist at the time that I wrote the patch.

Johan