Re: [PATCH v2] driver core: Fix bus_type.match() error handling

[Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>]

On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 10:13:28AM -0700, Isaac Manjarres wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 04:13:11AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 10:17:23PM -0700, Isaac Manjarres wrote:
> > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 09:25:07PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > > > v1 -> v2:
> > > > > - Fixed the logic in __driver_attach() to allow a driver to continue
> > > > >   attempting to match and bind with devices in case of any error, not
> > > > >   just probe deferral.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Guenter,
> > > > > 
> > > > > Can you please give test this patch to make sure it still works for you?
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Not as well as v1. I still see the clk crash with versatileab, and imx25-pdk
> > > > emulations now stall during boot when trying to boot from usb.
> > > > 
> > > > Guenter
> > > Thanks for trying the patch out. This patch isn't meant to fix the clk
> > > crash that you mentioned on another thread. I had made the following patch for
> > > that: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YvqTvuqSll30Rv2k@google.com/. Have
> > > you been able to give that a shot yet? If not can you please test with the
> > > patch in this e-mail and that patch?
> > > 
> > 
> > No, sorry, I missed that one. It does not apply, though - it is whitespace
> > corrupted. I tried to fix it up, but that failed.
> 
> When applying the patch, can you please try with
> git apply --ignore-whitespace ? That worked for me.

Ok, that worked. With the above patch, the problems with sx1 and versatileab
are gone. However, imx25-pdk fails to shut down when booting from usb
drive. I cross checked that this does not happen without the above patch.

Guenter