Re: [PATCH v1] driver core: Extend deferred probe timeout on driver registration

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On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 6:58 AM Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 5:09 PM Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > The deferred probe timer that's used for this currently starts at
> > late_initcall and runs for driver_deferred_probe_timeout seconds. The
> > assumption being that all available drivers would be loaded and
> > registered before the timer expires. This means, the
> > driver_deferred_probe_timeout has to be pretty large for it to cover the
> > worst case. But if we set the default value for it to cover the worst
> > case, it would significantly slow down the average case. For this
> > reason, the default value is set to 0.
> >
> > Also, with CONFIG_MODULES=y and the current default values of
> > driver_deferred_probe_timeout=0 and fw_devlink=on, devices with missing
> > drivers will cause their consumer devices to always defer their probes.
> > This is because device links created by fw_devlink defer the probe even
> > before the consumer driver's probe() is called.
> >
> > Instead of a fixed timeout, if we extend an unexpired deferred probe
> > timer on every successful driver registration, with the expectation more
> > modules would be loaded in the near future, then the default value of
> > driver_deferred_probe_timeout only needs to be as long as the worst case
> > time difference between two consecutive module loads.
> >
> > So let's implement that and set the default value to 10 seconds when
> > CONFIG_MODULES=y.
>
> We had to revert a non-zero timeout before (issue with NFS root IIRC).
> Does fw_devlink=on somehow fix that?

If it's the one where ip autoconfig was timing out, then John Stultz
fixed it by fixing wait_for_device_probe().
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20200422203245.83244-4-john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx/

If you are referring to some other issue, then I'd need more details.

-Saravana



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