Hi Saravana, On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 03:09:32PM -0700, Saravana Kannan 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. > > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Kevin Hilman <khilman@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Thierry Reding <treding@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> > Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Yoshihiro Shimoda <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Paul Kocialkowski <paul.kocialkowski@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: linux-gpio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: iommu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx> I bisected a boot hang with ARCH=s390 defconfig in QEMU down to this change as commit 2b28a1a84a0e ("driver core: Extend deferred probe timeout on driver registration") in next-20220520 (bisect log below). $ make -skj"$(nproc)" ARCH=s390 CROSS_COMPILE=s390x-linux-gnu- defconfig bzImage $ timeout --foreground 15m stdbuf -oL -eL \ qemu-system-s390x \ -initrd ... \ -M s390-ccw-virtio \ -display none \ -kernel arch/s390/boot/bzImage \ -m 512m \ -nodefaults \ -serial mon:stdio ... [ 2.077303] In-situ OAM (IOAM) with IPv6 [ 2.077639] NET: Registered PF_PACKET protocol family [ 2.078063] bridge: filtering via arp/ip/ip6tables is no longer available by default. Update your scripts to load br_netfilter if you need this. [ 2.078795] Key type dns_resolver registered [ 2.079317] cio: Channel measurement facility initialized using format extended (mode autodetected) [ 2.081494] Discipline DIAG cannot be used without z/VM [ 260.626363] random: crng init done qemu-system-s390x: terminating on signal 15 from pid 3815762 (timeout) We have a simple rootfs available if necessary: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/boot-utils/raw/bc0d17785eb67f1edd0ee0a134970a807895f741/images/s390/rootfs.cpio.zst If there is any other information I can provide, please let me know! Cheers, Nathan # bad: [18ecd30af1a8402c162cca1bd58771c0e5be7815] Add linux-next specific files for 20220520 # good: [b015dcd62b86d298829990f8261d5d154b8d7af5] Merge tag 'for-5.18/parisc-4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/deller/parisc-linux git bisect start '18ecd30af1a8402c162cca1bd58771c0e5be7815' 'b015dcd62b86d298829990f8261d5d154b8d7af5' # good: [f9b63740b666dd9887eb0282d21b5f65bb0cadd0] Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/cryptodev-2.6.git git bisect good f9b63740b666dd9887eb0282d21b5f65bb0cadd0 # good: [1f5eb3e76303572f0318e8c50da51c516580aa03] Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git git bisect good 1f5eb3e76303572f0318e8c50da51c516580aa03 # bad: [4c1d9cc0363691893ef94fa0d798faca013e27d3] Merge branch 'staging-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git git bisect bad 4c1d9cc0363691893ef94fa0d798faca013e27d3 # bad: [dcb68304485c0ba5f84f1a54687c751b68263d93] Merge branch 'usb-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/johan/usb-serial.git git bisect bad dcb68304485c0ba5f84f1a54687c751b68263d93 # good: [61271996dc46aecb40fd26f89a4ec0a6bd8f3a8f] Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm.git git bisect good 61271996dc46aecb40fd26f89a4ec0a6bd8f3a8f # good: [d4db45a71f56032b552e161968bb0e5fdd2767f8] Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pavel/linux-leds.git git bisect good d4db45a71f56032b552e161968bb0e5fdd2767f8 # good: [d090c7a2ab84663185e4abda21d7d83880937c8a] USB / dwc3: Fix a checkpatch warning in core.c git bisect good d090c7a2ab84663185e4abda21d7d83880937c8a # bad: [b232b02bf3c205b13a26dcec08e53baddd8e59ed] driver core: fix deadlock in __device_attach git bisect bad b232b02bf3c205b13a26dcec08e53baddd8e59ed # good: [4c32174a24759d5ac6dc42b508fcec2afb8b9602] Documentation: dd: Use ReST lists for return values of driver_deferred_probe_check_state() git bisect good 4c32174a24759d5ac6dc42b508fcec2afb8b9602 # good: [38ea74eb8fc1b82b39e13a6527095a0036539117] rpmsg: use local 'dev' variable git bisect good 38ea74eb8fc1b82b39e13a6527095a0036539117 # good: [1f7ff11ca68f464b6a9a71b8fbe9e5219e7cac57] driver core: location: Add "back" as a possible output for panel git bisect good 1f7ff11ca68f464b6a9a71b8fbe9e5219e7cac57 # good: [6ee60e9c9f2f83ad218159af6a175c57a395ae69] MAINTAINERS: add Russ Weight as a firmware loader maintainer git bisect good 6ee60e9c9f2f83ad218159af6a175c57a395ae69 # bad: [15f214f9bdb7c1f560b4bf863c5a72ff53b442a4] topology: Remove unused cpu_cluster_mask() git bisect bad 15f214f9bdb7c1f560b4bf863c5a72ff53b442a4 # bad: [2b28a1a84a0eb3412bad1a2d5cce2bb4addec626] driver core: Extend deferred probe timeout on driver registration git bisect bad 2b28a1a84a0eb3412bad1a2d5cce2bb4addec626 # first bad commit: [2b28a1a84a0eb3412bad1a2d5cce2bb4addec626] driver core: Extend deferred probe timeout on driver registration