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-rw-r--r--drivers/base/dd.c24
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index 348fc4695d4d..a823f469e53f 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ static atomic_t deferred_trigger_count = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
static struct dentry *deferred_devices;
static bool initcalls_done;
+/* Save the async probe drivers' name from kernel cmdline */
+#define ASYNC_DRV_NAMES_MAX_LEN 256
+static char async_probe_drv_names[ASYNC_DRV_NAMES_MAX_LEN];
+
/*
* In some cases, like suspend to RAM or hibernation, It might be reasonable
* to prohibit probing of devices as it could be unsafe.
@@ -674,6 +678,23 @@ int driver_probe_device(struct device_driver *drv, struct device *dev)
return ret;
}
+static inline bool cmdline_requested_async_probing(const char *drv_name)
+{
+ return parse_option_str(async_probe_drv_names, drv_name);
+}
+
+/* The option format is "driver_async_probe=drv_name1,drv_name2,..." */
+static int __init save_async_options(char *buf)
+{
+ if (strlen(buf) >= ASYNC_DRV_NAMES_MAX_LEN)
+ printk(KERN_WARNING
+ "Too long list of driver names for 'driver_async_probe'!\n");
+
+ strlcpy(async_probe_drv_names, buf, ASYNC_DRV_NAMES_MAX_LEN);
+ return 0;
+}
+__setup("driver_async_probe=", save_async_options);
+
bool driver_allows_async_probing(struct device_driver *drv)
{
switch (drv->probe_type) {
@@ -684,6 +705,9 @@ bool driver_allows_async_probing(struct device_driver *drv)
return false;
default:
+ if (cmdline_requested_async_probing(drv->name))
+ return true;
+
if (module_requested_async_probing(drv->owner))
return true;