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authorSaravana Kannan <saravanak@google.com>2022-06-23 01:03:42 -0700
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2022-06-27 16:52:25 +0200
commit8f486cab263ca1b761c1aab9b36975afd355b799 (patch)
tree4c1382c0cc1df78c1fdd1775f29b0eaaa5ab93f1
parent1d25b84e444ad66313c473407979ea9cd33deb3f (diff)
driver core: fw_devlink: Allow firmware to mark devices as best effort
When firmware sets the FWNODE_FLAG_BEST_EFFORT flag for a fwnode, fw_devlink will do a best effort ordering for that device where it'll only enforce the probe/suspend/resume ordering of that device with suppliers that have drivers. The driver of that device can then decide if it wants to defer probe or probe without the suppliers. This will be useful for avoid probe delays of the console device that were caused by commit 71066545b48e ("driver core: Set fw_devlink.strict=1 by default"). Fixes: 71066545b48e ("driver core: Set fw_devlink.strict=1 by default") Reported-by: Sascha Hauer <sha@pengutronix.de> Reported-by: Peng Fan <peng.fan@nxp.com> Tested-by: Peng Fan <peng.fan@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220623080344.783549-2-saravanak@google.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
-rw-r--r--drivers/base/core.c3
-rw-r--r--include/linux/fwnode.h4
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 839f64485a55..ccdd5b4295de 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -968,7 +968,8 @@ static void device_links_missing_supplier(struct device *dev)
static bool dev_is_best_effort(struct device *dev)
{
- return fw_devlink_best_effort && dev->can_match;
+ return (fw_devlink_best_effort && dev->can_match) ||
+ (dev->fwnode && (dev->fwnode->flags & FWNODE_FLAG_BEST_EFFORT));
}
/**
diff --git a/include/linux/fwnode.h b/include/linux/fwnode.h
index 9a81c4410b9f..89b9bdfca925 100644
--- a/include/linux/fwnode.h
+++ b/include/linux/fwnode.h
@@ -27,11 +27,15 @@ struct device;
* driver needs its child devices to be bound with
* their respective drivers as soon as they are
* added.
+ * BEST_EFFORT: The fwnode/device needs to probe early and might be missing some
+ * suppliers. Only enforce ordering with suppliers that have
+ * drivers.
*/
#define FWNODE_FLAG_LINKS_ADDED BIT(0)
#define FWNODE_FLAG_NOT_DEVICE BIT(1)
#define FWNODE_FLAG_INITIALIZED BIT(2)
#define FWNODE_FLAG_NEEDS_CHILD_BOUND_ON_ADD BIT(3)
+#define FWNODE_FLAG_BEST_EFFORT BIT(4)
struct fwnode_handle {
struct fwnode_handle *secondary;