This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
driver core: fw_devlink: Add support for FWNODE_FLAG_NEEDS_CHILD_BOUND_ON_ADD
to the 5.14-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
driver-core-fw_devlink-add-support-for-fwnode_flag_n.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.14 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 605a9d2fb020f425018b82def64988659038f406
Author: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Sep 15 10:09:38 2021 -0700
driver core: fw_devlink: Add support for FWNODE_FLAG_NEEDS_CHILD_BOUND_ON_ADD
[ Upstream commit 5501765a02a6c324f78581e6bb8209d054fe13ae ]
If a parent device is also a supplier to a child device, fw_devlink=on by
design delays the probe() of the child device until the probe() of the
parent finishes successfully.
However, some drivers of such parent devices (where parent is also a
supplier) expect the child device to finish probing successfully as soon as
they are added using device_add() and before the probe() of the parent
device has completed successfully. One example of such a case is discussed
in the link mentioned below.
Add a flag to make fw_devlink=on not enforce these supplier-consumer
relationships, so these drivers can continue working.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CAGETcx_uj0V4DChME-gy5HGKTYnxLBX=TH2rag29f_p=UcG+Tg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Fixes: ea718c699055 ("Revert "Revert "driver core: Set fw_devlink=on by default""")
Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210915170940.617415-3-saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 8c77e14987d4..3d2fc70b9951 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -1721,6 +1721,25 @@ static int fw_devlink_create_devlink(struct device *con,
struct device *sup_dev;
int ret = 0;
+ /*
+ * In some cases, a device P might also be a supplier to its child node
+ * C. However, this would defer the probe of C until the probe of P
+ * completes successfully. This is perfectly fine in the device driver
+ * model. device_add() doesn't guarantee probe completion of the device
+ * by the time it returns.
+ *
+ * However, there are a few drivers that assume C will finish probing
+ * as soon as it's added and before P finishes probing. So, we provide
+ * a flag to let fw_devlink know not to delay the probe of C until the
+ * probe of P completes successfully.
+ *
+ * When such a flag is set, we can't create device links where P is the
+ * supplier of C as that would delay the probe of C.
+ */
+ if (sup_handle->flags & FWNODE_FLAG_NEEDS_CHILD_BOUND_ON_ADD &&
+ fwnode_is_ancestor_of(sup_handle, con->fwnode))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
sup_dev = get_dev_from_fwnode(sup_handle);
if (sup_dev) {
/*
diff --git a/include/linux/fwnode.h b/include/linux/fwnode.h
index 59828516ebaf..9f4ad719bfe3 100644
--- a/include/linux/fwnode.h
+++ b/include/linux/fwnode.h
@@ -22,10 +22,15 @@ struct device;
* LINKS_ADDED: The fwnode has already be parsed to add fwnode links.
* NOT_DEVICE: The fwnode will never be populated as a struct device.
* INITIALIZED: The hardware corresponding to fwnode has been initialized.
+ * NEEDS_CHILD_BOUND_ON_ADD: For this fwnode/device to probe successfully, its
+ * driver needs its child devices to be bound with
+ * their respective drivers as soon as they are
+ * added.
*/
-#define FWNODE_FLAG_LINKS_ADDED BIT(0)
-#define FWNODE_FLAG_NOT_DEVICE BIT(1)
-#define FWNODE_FLAG_INITIALIZED BIT(2)
+#define FWNODE_FLAG_LINKS_ADDED BIT(0)
+#define FWNODE_FLAG_NOT_DEVICE BIT(1)
+#define FWNODE_FLAG_INITIALIZED BIT(2)
+#define FWNODE_FLAG_NEEDS_CHILD_BOUND_ON_ADD BIT(3)
struct fwnode_handle {
struct fwnode_handle *secondary;
