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authorLuis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@suse.com>2015-03-30 16:20:05 -0700
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2015-05-20 00:25:24 -0700
commitf2411da746985e60d4d087f3a43e271c61785927 (patch)
tree09b6c3b2abd4774f63e4a0d467e3c70daa52663e /kernel/module.c
parent765230b5f084863183aa8adb3405ab3f32c0b16e (diff)
driver-core: add driver module asynchronous probe support
Some init systems may wish to express the desire to have device drivers run their probe() code asynchronously. This implements support for this and allows userspace to request async probe as a preference through a generic shared device driver module parameter, async_probe. Implementation for async probe is supported through a module parameter given that since synchronous probe has been prevalent for years some userspace might exist which relies on the fact that the device driver will probe synchronously and the assumption that devices it provides will be immediately available after this. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/module.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/module.c12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 24d1f31d02f2..ea941bc327d5 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -3107,7 +3107,7 @@ static noinline int do_init_module(struct module *mod)
*
* http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1420814
*/
- if (current->flags & PF_USED_ASYNC)
+ if (!mod->async_probe_requested && (current->flags & PF_USED_ASYNC))
async_synchronize_full();
mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
@@ -3240,8 +3240,16 @@ out:
static int unknown_module_param_cb(char *param, char *val, const char *modname,
void *arg)
{
+ struct module *mod = arg;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (strcmp(param, "async_probe") == 0) {
+ mod->async_probe_requested = true;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
/* Check for magic 'dyndbg' arg */
- int ret = ddebug_dyndbg_module_param_cb(param, val, modname);
+ ret = ddebug_dyndbg_module_param_cb(param, val, modname);
if (ret != 0)
pr_warn("%s: unknown parameter '%s' ignored\n", modname, param);
return 0;