From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Drivers that load firmware from their probe routine have problems with the latest versions of udev as they get timeouts while waiting for user space to start. The problem is fixed by using request_firmware_nowait() and delaying the start of mac80211 until the firmware is loaded. To prevent the possibility of the driver being unloaded while the firmware loading callback is still active, a completion queue entry is used. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Hi Larry, As I said earlier this week, I took a closer look at the async fw loading issues surrounding p54pci over the weekend. The good news is that I got it working. The bad news is that it's not as simple as just one patch to fix p54pci and I had to modify the firmware loader and the pcmcia subsystem to get there. [RFC] firmware loader: retry _nowait requests when userhelper is not yet available http://lkml.org/lkml/2012/3/3/102 [PATCH 2/6] pcmcia: move unbind/rebind into dev_pm_ops.complete http://lkml.org/lkml/2012/3/3/101 The outcome of this endeavor now depends on whenever I can get a green light from all involved parties. Regards, Christian BTW: I dropped the legacy "isl3886" fw request completely. I figured that we have been using the two-staged loader long enough. --- drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54pci.c | 88 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54pci.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54pci.c index d4860ac..bc05bf3 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54pci.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54pci.c @@ -488,6 +488,58 @@ static int p54p_open(struct ieee80211_hw *dev) return 0; } +static void p54p_firmware_step2(const struct firmware *fw, + void *context) +{ + struct p54p_priv *priv = context; + struct ieee80211_hw *dev = priv->common.hw; + struct pci_dev *pdev = priv->pdev; + int err; + + if (!fw) { + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Cannot find firmware (isl3886pci)\n"); + err = -ENOENT; + goto out; + } + + priv->firmware = fw; + + err = p54p_open(dev); + if (err) + goto out; + err = p54_read_eeprom(dev); + p54p_stop(dev); + if (err) + goto out; + + err = p54_register_common(dev, &pdev->dev); + if (err) + goto out; + +out: + + complete(&priv->fw_loaded); + + if (err) { + struct device *parent = pdev->dev.parent; + + if (parent) + device_lock(parent); + + /* + * This will indirectly result in a call to p54p_remove. + * Hence, we don't need to bother with freeing any + * allocated ressources at all. + */ + device_release_driver(&pdev->dev); + + if (parent) + device_unlock(parent); + } + + pci_dev_put(pdev); +} + static int __devinit p54p_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id) { @@ -496,6 +548,7 @@ static int __devinit p54p_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, unsigned long mem_addr, mem_len; int err; + pci_dev_get(pdev); err = pci_enable_device(pdev); if (err) { dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Cannot enable new PCI device\n"); @@ -537,6 +590,7 @@ static int __devinit p54p_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, priv = dev->priv; priv->pdev = pdev; + init_completion(&priv->fw_loaded); SET_IEEE80211_DEV(dev, &pdev->dev); pci_set_drvdata(pdev, dev); @@ -561,32 +615,12 @@ static int __devinit p54p_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, spin_lock_init(&priv->lock); tasklet_init(&priv->tasklet, p54p_tasklet, (unsigned long)dev); - err = request_firmware(&priv->firmware, "isl3886pci", - &priv->pdev->dev); - if (err) { - dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Cannot find firmware (isl3886pci)\n"); - err = request_firmware(&priv->firmware, "isl3886", - &priv->pdev->dev); - if (err) - goto err_free_common; - } - - err = p54p_open(dev); - if (err) - goto err_free_common; - err = p54_read_eeprom(dev); - p54p_stop(dev); - if (err) - goto err_free_common; - - err = p54_register_common(dev, &pdev->dev); - if (err) - goto err_free_common; - - return 0; + err = request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, 1, "isl3886pci", + &priv->pdev->dev, GFP_KERNEL, + priv, p54p_firmware_step2); + if (!err) + return 0; - err_free_common: - release_firmware(priv->firmware); pci_free_consistent(pdev, sizeof(*priv->ring_control), priv->ring_control, priv->ring_control_dma); @@ -601,6 +635,7 @@ static int __devinit p54p_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, pci_release_regions(pdev); err_disable_dev: pci_disable_device(pdev); + pci_dev_put(pdev); return err; } @@ -612,8 +647,9 @@ static void __devexit p54p_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev) if (!dev) return; - p54_unregister_common(dev); priv = dev->priv; + wait_for_completion(&priv->fw_loaded); + p54_unregister_common(dev); release_firmware(priv->firmware); pci_free_consistent(pdev, sizeof(*priv->ring_control), priv->ring_control, priv->ring_control_dma); diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54pci.h b/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54pci.h index 7aa509f..68405c1 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54pci.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54pci.h @@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ struct p54p_priv { struct sk_buff *tx_buf_data[32]; struct sk_buff *tx_buf_mgmt[4]; struct completion boot_comp; + struct completion fw_loaded; }; #endif /* P54USB_H */ -- 1.7.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
