Re: [RFT v2] iommu/amd: use subsys_initcall() on amdv2 iommu

From: Oded Gabbay
Date: Mon Apr 11 2016 - 09:40:29 EST


On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Christian KÃnig
<christian.koenig@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Am 09.04.2016 um 02:25 schrieb Luis R. Rodriguez:
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>> On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 10:41 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> We need to ensure amd iommu v2 initializes before
>>> driver uses such as drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_module.c,
>>> to do this make its init routine a subsys_initcall() which
>>> ensures its load init is called first than modules when
>>> built-in.
>>>
>>> This reverts the old work around implemented through commit
>>> 1bacc894c227fad8a7 ("drivers: Move iommu/ before gpu/ in Makefile"),
>>> instead of making the dependency implicit by linker order this
>>> makes the ordering requirement explicit through proper kernel
>>> APIs.
>>>
>>> Cc: Oded Gabbay <oded.gabbay@xxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Christian KÃnig <christian.koenig@xxxxxxx>
>>> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>
> Sorry for not responding earlier. Just coming back to all the stuff on my TODO list.
>
> Patch is Acked-by: Christian KÃnig <christian.koenig@xxxxxxx>


Christian,
Just wanted to be sure if you tested this patch-set or not.

I don't think it should be merged without testing. If you already
tested it than fine. If not, I think I can do it in the next week or
so (just came back from PTO).

Oded

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>
> Regards,
> Christian.
>
>> *poke*
>>
>> Luis
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