Re: [PATCH] usb: ulpi: don't register drivers if bus doesn't exist

Sudip Mukherjee
2015-05-28T06:43:12Z

On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 12:54:59AM -0500, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 11:09:38AM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> > On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 08:21:16AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 11:16:34AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 27 May 2015, Heikki Krogerus wrote:
> > >
> > > Maybe we need to test for this in the driver core, not allowing drivers
> > > for busses that are not registered, that might solve the main problem
> > > here. I'll try to look at it tonight.
> > may i suggest something like this ?
> > buildtest with allmodconfig and allyesconfig on x86_64.
> > built and booted on x86.
> >
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
> > index 5005924..95cefa0 100644
> > --- a/drivers/base/bus.c
> > +++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
> > @@ -943,6 +943,7 @@ int bus_register(struct bus_type *bus)
> > if (retval)
> > goto bus_groups_fail;
> >
> > + bus->registered = true;
>
> once set, it's never cleared.
It should be cleared when we go for bus_unregister.
>
> > pr_debug("bus: '%s': registered\n", bus->name);
> > return 0;
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c
> > index 4eabfe2..1acae5b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/base/driver.c
> > +++ b/drivers/base/driver.c
> > @@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ int driver_register(struct device_driver *drv)
> > int ret;
> > struct device_driver *other;
> >
> > + if (!drv->bus->registered) {
> > + pr_err("Driver %s registration failed. bus not yet registered\n",
> > + drv->name);
> > + return -ENODEV;
> > + }
> > BUG_ON(!drv->bus->p);
> >
> > if ((drv->bus->probe && drv->probe) ||
> > diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
> > index 00ac57c..8fe4745 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/device.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/device.h
> > @@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ struct bus_type {
> > const struct dev_pm_ops *pm;
> >
> > const struct iommu_ops *iommu_ops;
> > + bool registered; /* DON'T TOUCH THIS */
>
> I would rather use an atomic_t
ok.
This was just an idea, if Greg and you all are okay with it then I
can submit a formal patch.
BTW, the original comment that I thought was:
/* don't use else Greg will scold */

regards
sudip
>
> --
> balbi