Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (corsair-psu) Fix failure to load when built-in to kernel

[Wilken Gottwalt]

On Fri, 8 Dec 2023 14:11:44 +0100
Aleksa Savic <savicaleksa83@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 2023-12-08 14:07:10 GMT+01:00, Aleksa Savic wrote:
> > When built-in to the kernel, the corsair-psu driver fails to register with
> > the following message:
> > 
> > "Driver 'corsair-psu' was unable to register with bus_type 'hid'
> > because the bus was not initialized."
> > 
> > Fix this by initializing the driver after the HID bus using
> > late_initcall(), as hwmon is built before HID.
> > 
> > Fixes: d115b51e0e56 ("hwmon: add Corsair PSU HID controller driver")
> > Signed-off-by: Aleksa Savic <savicaleksa83@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/hwmon/corsair-psu.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/corsair-psu.c b/drivers/hwmon/corsair-psu.c
> > index 904890598c11..48831a528965 100644
> > --- a/drivers/hwmon/corsair-psu.c
> > +++ b/drivers/hwmon/corsair-psu.c
> > @@ -899,7 +899,20 @@ static struct hid_driver corsairpsu_driver = {
> >  	.reset_resume	= corsairpsu_resume,
> >  #endif
> >  };
> > -module_hid_driver(corsairpsu_driver);
> > +
> > +static int __init corsairpsu_hid_init(void)
> > +{
> > +	return hid_register_driver(&corsairpsu_driver);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void __exit corsairpsu_hid_exit(void)
> > +{
> > +	hid_unregister_driver(&corsairpsu_driver);
> > +}
> > +
> > +/* When compiled into the kernel, initialize after the hid bus */
> > +late_initcall(corsairpsu_hid_init);
> > +module_exit(corsairpsu_hid_exit);
> >  
> >  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> >  MODULE_AUTHOR("Wilken Gottwalt <wilken.gottwalt@xxxxxxxxxx>");
> 
> 
> Woops! Just saw that the same fix was sent yesterday. Please disregard, sorry!
>
> Aleksa

It is fine. I just start to wonder if there was a change in the subsystem. I
used the driver as built-in in the past for several months and never had that
issue. And now it is a real flood of reports.

greetings,
Will