Re: [PATCH] driver core: check bus->match without holding device lock

[Ming Lei]

>> > Now, without .match() no probing is done. Is this an intended change and
>> > soc-camera has to be fixed or is this a bug?
>>
>> It is not a driver-core bug, and soc-camera should be fixed.
>
> So, you're saying this used to be a bug and it has been fixed by this
> patch? Then why isn't this mentioned in the commit message? The commit
> text seems to suggest, that this patch shouldn't introduce any change in
> behaviour, but it does. So, before .match == NULL lead to .probe() being
> called, and now it doesn't anymore?

Where is soc-camera  driver in kernel tree?  Which bus  is soc-camera
device (driver) attached to ?
Why doesn't soc-camera  driver  have a match method?

Thanks!


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Lei Ming
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