From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>
To: Gabriel Paubert <paubert@iram.es>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] firmware: annotate thou shalt not request fw on init or probe
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2016 20:26:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160902182606.GN3296@wotan.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160824081738.GA8991@visitor2.iram.es>
On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 10:17:38AM +0200, Gabriel Paubert wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 05:45:04PM -0700, mcgrof@kernel.org wrote:
>
> [snip]
> > ---
> > Documentation/firmware_class/README | 20 ++++
> > drivers/base/Kconfig | 2 +-
> > .../request_firmware-avoid-init-probe-init.cocci | 130 +++++++++++++++++++++
> > 3 files changed, 151 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > create mode 100644 scripts/coccinelle/api/request_firmware-avoid-init-probe-init.cocci
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/firmware_class/README b/Documentation/firmware_class/README
> > index cafdca8b3b15..056d1cb9d365 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/firmware_class/README
> > +++ b/Documentation/firmware_class/README
> > @@ -93,6 +93,26 @@
> > user contexts to request firmware asynchronously, but can't be called
> > in atomic contexts.
> >
> > +Requirements:
> > +=============
> > +
> > +You should avoid at all costs requesting firmware on both init and probe paths
> > +of your device driver. Reason for this is the complexity needed to ensure a
> > +firmware will be available for a driver early in boot through different
> > +build configurations. Consider built-in drivers needing firmware early, or
> > +consider a driver assuming it will only get firmware after pivot_root().
> > +
> > +Drivers that really need firmware early should use stuff the firmware in
>
> Minor grammatical nit: s/use//
Fixed, thanks.
Luis
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-09-02 18:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 80+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-06-16 22:54 [PATCH v2 0/5] firmware: add SmPL grammar to avoid issues Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-06-16 22:54 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] MAINTAINERS: extend firmware_class maintainer list Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-06-16 22:54 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] firmware: annotate thou shalt not request fw on init or probe Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-08-24 6:55 ` Daniel Vetter
2016-08-24 20:39 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-08-25 11:05 ` Daniel Vetter
2016-08-25 19:41 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-08-25 20:10 ` Daniel Vetter
2016-08-25 20:25 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-08-25 20:30 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2016-09-02 23:59 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-09-03 0:20 ` [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-09-03 4:11 ` Linus Torvalds
2016-09-03 4:20 ` Dmitry Torokhov
[not found] ` <CA+55aFz4q5peXAeY9h8o3he7R=wXrBSYkOjMM9TehOw=pPoS+Q@mail.gmail.com>
2016-09-03 17:49 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2016-09-03 18:01 ` Linus Torvalds
2016-09-03 18:10 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2016-09-06 21:52 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-09-06 22:28 ` Bjorn Andersson
2016-09-06 23:14 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-09-24 1:37 ` Herbert, Marc
2016-09-24 17:41 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2016-10-05 0:00 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-10-05 0:12 ` Linus Torvalds
2016-10-05 0:24 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-10-05 0:32 ` Linus Torvalds
2016-10-05 17:38 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-10-05 1:48 ` Josh Triplett
2016-10-05 1:58 ` Linus Torvalds
2016-09-06 17:46 ` Bjorn Andersson
2016-09-06 18:32 ` Linus Torvalds
2016-09-06 21:11 ` Bjorn Andersson
2016-09-06 21:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2016-09-06 23:04 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-09-24 2:51 ` Herbert, Marc
2016-10-04 23:28 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-09-06 22:32 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-09-14 2:38 ` Rob Landley
2016-10-05 18:00 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-10-05 18:08 ` Linus Torvalds
2016-10-05 19:46 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-11-08 22:47 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-11-09 9:13 ` Daniel Wagner
2016-11-09 23:40 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-11-15 9:28 ` Johannes Berg
2016-06-16 22:54 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] firmware: update usermode helper docs and add SmPL report Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-06-16 22:54 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] firmware: add usermode helper DECLARE_FW_LOADER_USER() annotation Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-06-16 22:54 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] firmware: fix fw cache to avoid usermode helper on suspend Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-07-07 0:56 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] firmware: add SmPL grammar to avoid issues Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-07-13 21:47 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-07-28 0:41 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-08-03 14:50 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-08-03 15:04 ` Greg KH
2016-08-03 17:06 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-08-03 19:32 ` Greg KH
2016-08-03 19:46 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-07-13 23:52 ` Fengguang Wu
2016-07-14 2:15 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-07-14 2:23 ` Fengguang Wu
2016-07-14 3:08 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-07-14 3:35 ` Fengguang Wu
2016-08-24 0:45 ` [PATCH v3 " mcgrof
2016-08-24 0:45 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] MAINTAINERS: extend firmware_class maintainer list mcgrof
2016-08-24 0:45 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] firmware: annotate thou shalt not request fw on init or probe mcgrof
2016-08-24 8:17 ` Gabriel Paubert
2016-09-02 18:26 ` Luis R. Rodriguez [this message]
2016-08-24 0:45 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] firmware: update usermode helper docs and add SmPL report mcgrof
2016-08-24 0:45 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] firmware: add usermode helper DECLARE_FW_LOADER_USER() annotation mcgrof
2016-08-24 0:45 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] firmware: fix fw cache to avoid usermode helper on suspend mcgrof
2016-08-31 7:03 ` Daniel Wagner
2016-09-02 18:13 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-09-07 0:42 ` [PATCH v4 0/5] firmware: add SmPL grammar to avoid issues Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-09-07 0:42 ` [PATCH v4 1/5] MAINTAINERS: extend firmware_class maintainer list Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-09-07 6:43 ` Greg KH
2016-09-08 14:58 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-09-08 15:25 ` Ming Lei
2016-09-07 0:42 ` [PATCH v4 2/5] firmware: annotate thou shalt not request fw on init or probe Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-09-07 0:42 ` [PATCH v4 3/5] firmware: update usermode helper docs and add SmPL report Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-09-07 0:42 ` [PATCH v4 4/5] firmware: add usermode helper DECLARE_FW_LOADER_USER() annotation Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-09-07 0:42 ` [PATCH v4 5/5] firmware: fix fw cache to avoid usermode helper on suspend Luis R. Rodriguez
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