Re: [PATCH] driver core: Fix device link deferred probe

From: Adrian Hunter
Date: Thu Nov 02 2017 - 05:39:40 EST


On 02/11/17 11:33, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 02, 2017 at 11:22:53AM +0200, Adrian Hunter wrote:
>> A device probe deferred because of a device link is never probed again
>> because it is not added to the deferred_probe_pending_list. Add it, taking
>> care of the race with driver_deferred_probe_trigger().
>
> What hardware is triggering this? Is this a new thing, or something
> that has always happened?

I just found it trying to use device links in new code. As far as I know it
is not a problem that anyone else is experiencing yet.