@@ -488,6 +488,11 @@ static int platform_drv_probe(struct device *_dev)
if (ret && ACPI_HANDLE(_dev))
acpi_dev_pm_detach(_dev, true);
+ if (drv->prevent_deferred_probe && ret == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
+ dev_warn(_dev, "probe deferral not supported\n");
+ ret = -ENXIO;
+ }
+
return ret;
}
@@ -553,8 +558,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_driver_unregister);
/**
* platform_driver_probe - register driver for non-hotpluggable device
* @drv: platform driver structure
- * @probe: the driver probe routine, probably from an __init section,
- * must not return -EPROBE_DEFER.
+ * @probe: the driver probe routine, probably from an __init section
*
* Use this instead of platform_driver_register() when you know the device
* is not hotpluggable and has already been registered, and you want to
@@ -565,8 +569,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_driver_unregister);
* into system-on-chip processors, where the controller devices have been
* configured as part of board setup.
*
- * This is incompatible with deferred probing so probe() must not
- * return -EPROBE_DEFER.
+ * Note that this is incompatible with deferred probing.
*
* Returns zero if the driver registered and bound to a device, else returns
* a negative error code and with the driver not registered.
@@ -576,6 +579,12 @@ int __init_or_module platform_driver_probe(struct platform_driver *drv,
{
int retval, code;
+ /*
+ * Prevent driver from requesting probe deferral to avoid further
+ * futile probe attempts.
+ */
+ drv->prevent_deferred_probe = true;
+
/* make sure driver won't have bind/unbind attributes */
drv->driver.suppress_bind_attrs = true;
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ struct platform_driver {
int (*resume)(struct platform_device *);
struct device_driver driver;
const struct platform_device_id *id_table;
+ bool prevent_deferred_probe;
};
#define to_platform_driver(drv) (container_of((drv), struct platform_driver, \
Prevent drivers relying on platform_driver_probe from requesting deferred probing in order to avoid further futile probe attempts (either the driver has been unregistered or its probe function has been set to platform_drv_probe_fail when probing is retried). Note that several platform drivers currently return subsystem errors from probe and that these can include -EPROBE_DEFER (e.g. if a gpio request fails). Add a warning to platform_drv_probe that can be used to catch drivers that inadvertently request probe deferral while using platform_driver_probe. Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <jhovold@gmail.com> --- drivers/base/platform.c | 17 +++++++++++++---- include/linux/platform_device.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)