Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755172Ab2HIGp3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Aug 2012 02:45:29 -0400 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.17.9]:52312 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754935Ab2HIGp1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Aug 2012 02:45:27 -0400 From: Thierry Reding To: Takashi Iwai , Jaroslav Kysela Cc: David Henningsson , alsa-devel@alsa-project.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] ALSA: hda - Defer probe when loading patch firmware Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 08:45:23 +0200 Message-Id: <1344494723-6827-1-git-send-email-thierry.reding@avionic-design.de> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.11.4 X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:GcWElW0YlTKrXfXRI1LkRDJvbcHZSE0eAOS6vPtnTNB Yqks5ATkpWHbLXLwNEO/8jeilTzVebTCC72J4682zT4QtuyvZN QKkpBp5ep6qEl7JG82c97Ll06Yuks2WxSoScIbgFZXi24ZPLei 5ZbLbtTWOg7d5S3S6M5HbkqZYouO3GX2U3lpIYx10EI3zwHVV6 DSzRlPheCRFME1ziSJfiBj947dmp9au/E9QK6gdol0wZWvNETv tYsLTm2QoPOCXHSg3h3bxbct0uaedH17vgTp9LGb1tXTuMWeSS Nrj7ldQuYdiQ1qo6mhdcvsvi4pxzmpkQBq0INKZYQQ5uQL1Jek iKW3VhkKVeWKrlDyKMwGqkS9mavPbvTdZMHjsffBgqqFe498qs f4nXLb6ckcfisFmgsr4iY6dr4u00YdeGIvyXp1hZ7RZ6mAtqhs t3kz/ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1648 Lines: 49 Recent changes to the firmware loading helpers cause drivers to stall when firmware is loaded during the module_init() call. The snd-hda-intel module requests firmware if the patch= parameter is used to load a patch file. This patch works around the problem by deferring the probe in such cases, which will cause the module to load successfully and the driver binding to the device outside the module_init() call. Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding --- sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c index c8aced1..296616e 100644 --- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c +++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c @@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ static int probe_only[SNDRV_CARDS]; static bool single_cmd; static int enable_msi = -1; #ifdef CONFIG_SND_HDA_PATCH_LOADER +static bool deferred[SNDRV_CARDS]; static char *patch[SNDRV_CARDS]; #endif #ifdef CONFIG_SND_HDA_INPUT_BEEP @@ -3156,6 +3157,16 @@ static int __devinit azx_probe(struct pci_dev *pci, if (dev >= SNDRV_CARDS) return -ENODEV; + +#ifdef CONFIG_SND_HDA_PATCH_LOADER + if (patch[dev] && *patch[dev] && !deferred[dev]) { + snd_printk(KERN_ERR SFX "deferring probe for patch %s\n", + patch[dev]); + deferred[dev] = true; + return -EPROBE_DEFER; + } +#endif + if (!enable[dev]) { dev++; return -ENOENT; -- 1.7.11.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/