From f2411da746985e60d4d087f3a43e271c61785927 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 16:20:05 -0700 Subject: 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 Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/base/dd.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'drivers/base') diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c index 2ad33b21888c..7a2fa5dcead7 100644 --- a/drivers/base/dd.c +++ b/drivers/base/dd.c @@ -419,7 +419,13 @@ int driver_probe_device(struct device_driver *drv, struct device *dev) bool driver_allows_async_probing(struct device_driver *drv) { - return drv->probe_type == PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS; + if (drv->probe_type == PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS) + return true; + + if (drv->owner && drv->owner->async_probe_requested) + return true; + + return false; } struct device_attach_data { -- cgit v1.2.3