Deferred probing cannot be used with platform_driver_probe as by the time probing is retried either the driver has been unregistered or its probe function has been set to platform_drv_probe_fail. With commit e9354576 ("gpiolib: Defer failed gpio requests by default") the gpio subsystem started returning -EPROBE_DEFER, which in turn several platform drivers using platform_driver_probe return to driver core. Other subsystems (e.g. regulator) has since started doing the same. The first patch in this series prevents platform drivers using platform_driver_probe from requesting probe deferral while warning that it is not supported. The remaining patches move six platform-driver probe functions that rely on gpio_request out of __init. There are likely other probe functions that might return -EPROBE_DEFER and should be moved out of __init as well. Note that the mvsdio, at91_cf and pxa25x_udc patches are completely untested. Johan Johan Hovold (7): driver core: prevent deferred probe with platform_driver_probe mmc: mvsdio: fix deferred probe from __init mtd: atmel_nand: fix deferred probe from __init pcmcia: at91_cf: fix deferred probe from __init usb: gadget: pxa25x_udc: fix deferred probe from __init usb: phy: gpio-vbus: fix deferred probe from __init backlight: atmel-pwm-bl: fix deferred probe from __init drivers/base/platform.c | 17 +++++++++++++---- drivers/mmc/host/mvsdio.c | 11 ++++++----- drivers/mtd/nand/atmel_nand.c | 13 +++++++------ drivers/pcmcia/at91_cf.c | 11 +++++------ drivers/usb/gadget/pxa25x_udc.c | 9 +++++---- drivers/usb/phy/phy-gpio-vbus-usb.c | 11 +++++------ drivers/video/backlight/atmel-pwm-bl.c | 9 +++++---- include/linux/platform_device.h | 1 + 8 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-) -- 1.8.3.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-mmc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html