kernel/linux.git/include/linux/device/driver.h, branch v6.11.8

driver core: make driver_find_device() take a const *

2024-07-10T07:41:57+00:00

The function driver_find_device() does not modify the struct device_driver structure directly, so it is safe to be marked as a constant pointer type. As that is fixed up, also change the function signature on the inline functions that call this, which are: driver_find_device_by_name() driver_find_device_by_of_node() driver_find_device_by_devt() driver_find_next_device() driver_find_device_by_acpi_dev() Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2024070849-broken-front-9eb5@gregkh Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

driver core: make driver_[create|remove]_file take a const *

2024-07-10T07:36:02+00:00

The functions driver_create_file() and driver_remove_file() do not modify the struct device_driver structure directly, so they are safe to be marked as a constant pointer type. Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2024070844-volley-hatchling-c812@gregkh Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

driver core: return bool from driver_probe_done

2023-06-05T16:55:20+00:00

bool is the most sensible return value for a yes/no return. Also add __init as this funtion is only called from the early boot code. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230531125535.676098-2-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

driver core: driver.h: remove extern from function prototypes

2023-03-24T14:35:42+00:00

The kernel coding style does not require 'extern' in function prototypes in .h files, so remove them from include/linux/device/driver.h as they are not needed. Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230324122711.2664537-3-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

driver core: make the bus_type in struct device_driver constant

2023-03-23T12:21:26+00:00

The pointer to struct bus_type in struct device_driver should only be pointing to something that can never change now that the driver core has fixed up the previously writable fields. So mark it as a constant pointer to enforce this and move forward with the goal of moving bus_type into read-only memory. Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230313182918.1312597-28-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

driver core: bus: constify driver_find()

2023-03-23T12:21:22+00:00

The driver_find() function can now take a const * to bus_type, not just a * so fix that up. Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230313182918.1312597-26-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

driver core: Make driver_deferred_probe_timeout a static variable

2023-01-11T15:06:40+00:00

It is not used outside of its compilation unit, so there's no need to export this variable. Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas Reviewed-by: Andrew Halaney Acked-by: John Stultz Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221227232152.3094584-1-javierm@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Revert "driver core: Delete driver_deferred_probe_check_state()"

2022-08-23T11:14:02+00:00

This reverts commit 9cbffc7a59561be950ecc675d19a3d2b45202b2b. There are a few more issues to fix that have been reported in the thread for the original series [1]. We'll need to fix those before this will work. So, revert it for now. [1] - https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220601070707.3946847-1-saravanak@google.com/ Fixes: 9cbffc7a5956 ("driver core: Delete driver_deferred_probe_check_state()") Tested-by: Tony Lindgren Tested-by: Peng Fan Tested-by: Douglas Anderson Tested-by: Alexander Stein Reviewed-by: Tony Lindgren Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220819221616.2107893-2-saravanak@google.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

driver core: Delete driver_deferred_probe_check_state()

2022-06-10T13:57:54+00:00

The function is no longer used. So delete it. Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220601070707.3946847-10-saravanak@google.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

driver core: Add wait_for_init_devices_probe helper function

2022-06-10T13:57:54+00:00

Some devices might need to be probed and bound successfully before the kernel boot sequence can finish and move on to init/userspace. For example, a network interface might need to be bound to be able to mount a NFS rootfs. With fw_devlink=on by default, some of these devices might be blocked from probing because they are waiting on a optional supplier that doesn't have a driver. While fw_devlink will eventually identify such devices and unblock the probing automatically, it might be too late by the time it unblocks the probing of devices. For example, the IP4 autoconfig might timeout before fw_devlink unblocks probing of the network interface. This function is available to temporarily try and probe all devices that have a driver even if some of their suppliers haven't been added or don't have drivers. The drivers can then decide which of the suppliers are optional vs mandatory and probe the device if possible. By the time this function returns, all such "best effort" probes are guaranteed to be completed. If a device successfully probes in this mode, we delete all fw_devlink discovered dependencies of that device where the supplier hasn't yet probed successfully because they have to be optional dependencies. This also means that some devices that aren't needed for init and could have waited for their optional supplier to probe (when the supplier's module is loaded later on) would end up probing prematurely with limited functionality. So call this function only when boot would fail without it. Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220601070707.3946847-5-saravanak@google.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman