[PATCH v2] wait while adding MMC host to ensure root mounts

From: Sergey Yanovich
Date: Wed Mar 13 2013 - 21:23:27 EST


MMC hosts are added asynchronously. We need to wait until detect returns to
avoid failed root filesystem mounts.
---8<---
VFS: Cannot open root device "mmcblk0p1" or unknown-block(0,0): error -6
Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available partitions:
mmc0: host does not support reading read-only switch. assuming write-enable.
1f00 256 mtdblock0 (driver?)
1f01 256 mtdblock1 (driver?)
1f02 2560 mtdblock2 mmc0: new SDHC card at address b368
(driver?)
1f03 29696 mtdblock3 (driver?)
1f04 16384 mtdblock4 mmcblk0: mmc0:b368 USD 3.72 GiB
(driver?)
mmcblk0: p1
b300 3910656 mmcblk0 driver: mmcblk
b301 3906560 mmcblk0p1 00000000-01
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
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Signed-off-by: Sergey Yanovich <ynvich@xxxxxxxxx>
---
changes for v2:
- removed exporting as symbol is in the same file

drivers/mmc/core/core.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/core.c b/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
index aaed768..7196888 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
@@ -2225,6 +2225,7 @@ void mmc_start_host(struct mmc_host *host)
host->rescan_disable = 0;
mmc_power_up(host);
mmc_detect_change(host, 0);
+ mmc_flush_scheduled_work();
}

void mmc_stop_host(struct mmc_host *host)
--
1.7.10.4

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