From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au>,
linux-m68k <linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nubus: Unconditionally register bus type
Date: Tue, 8 May 2018 08:28:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMuHMdUBdm-wQ-swoBCRLJT7-=qaF4oRG-i4Rvc+tctWpWD38Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180507144511.GA22694@kroah.com>
Hi Greg,
On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 4:45 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> On Mon, May 07, 2018 at 02:53:13PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 1:57 AM, Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
>> > On Sun, 6 May 2018, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>> >> > > Why not just have an "bus is registered" flag in your driver
>> >> > > register function that refuses to let drivers register with the
>> >> > > driver core if it isn't set?
>> >> >
>> >> > Perhaps that should happen in the core driver_register() function.
>> >> > BUG_ON is frowned upon, after all. Would that be acceptable?
>> >>
>> >> I don't understand what you mean here, perhaps make a patch to show it?
>> >>
>> >
>> > As an alternative to your suggestion (add flag to avoid the BUG_ON):
>> >
>> > --- a/drivers/base/driver.c
>> > +++ b/drivers/base/driver.c
>> > @@ -148,7 +148,10 @@ int driver_register(struct device_driver *drv)
>> > int ret;
>> > struct device_driver *other;
>> >
>> > - BUG_ON(!drv->bus->p);
>> > + if (!drv->bus->p) {
>> > + WARN_ONCE(1, "Cannot register driver with invalid bus\n");
>> > + return -EPROBE_DEFER;
>> > + }
>> >
>> > if ((drv->bus->probe && drv->probe) ||
>> > (drv->bus->remove && drv->remove) ||
>> >
>> > I'm not actually proposing this change; just responding to your question.
>>
>> The bus_type.p field may be unused by some bus drivers, hence this
>> would prevent their drivers from being registered.
>
> bus_type.p is an internal-to-the-driver-core structure, no bus driver
> should ever be touching it. This is a catch to see if someone is using
> the driver core incorrectly.
Thanks, I stand corrected.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org
In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
-- Linus Torvalds
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-05-08 6:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-05-06 1:47 [PATCH] nubus: Unconditionally register bus type Finn Thain
2018-05-06 4:55 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-06 6:00 ` Finn Thain
2018-05-06 20:20 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-06 21:51 ` Michael Schmitz
2018-05-08 7:00 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-08 7:07 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-05-08 7:25 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-08 7:35 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-05-08 7:41 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-08 8:01 ` Michael Schmitz
2018-05-06 23:57 ` Finn Thain
2018-05-07 12:53 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-05-07 14:45 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-08 6:28 ` Geert Uytterhoeven [this message]
2018-05-07 23:44 ` Finn Thain
2018-05-08 6:32 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-05-08 7:59 ` Finn Thain
2018-05-08 7:01 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-06 1:47 Finn Thain
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2018-05-08 7:39 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-05-08 8:27 ` Finn Thain
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