[PATCH] ARM: OMAP2+: omap-device: remove omap_device_late_init call completely

Grygorii Strashko grygorii.strashko at ti.com
Thu Aug 27 10:06:32 PDT 2015


On 08/27/2015 07:38 PM, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> * Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko at ti.com> [150827 06:42]:
>> Hi Tony,
>>
>> On 08/26/2015 09:10 PM, Tony Lindgren wrote:
>>> * Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko at ti.com> [150826 11:01]:
>>>> Now Kernel fails to boot 50% of times (form build to build) with
>>>> RT-patchset applied due to the following race - on late boot
>>>> stages deferred_probe_work_func races with omap_device_late_ini
>>>>
>>>> late_initcall
>>>>    - deferred_probe_initcal() tries to re-probe all pending driver's probe.
>>>>      [In general, It's NOT expected to probe any other built-in drivers after
>>>>      deferred_probe_initcal() is finished, because most of
>>>>      late_initcall_sync/late_initcall functions expected that all driver
>>>>      or probed or deferred already.]
>>>>
>>>> - later on, some driver is probing in this case It's could cpsw.c
>>>>     (but could be any other drivers)
>>>>     cpsw_init
>>>>     - platform_driver_register
>>>>       - really_probe
>>>>          - driver_bound
>>>>            - driver_deferred_probe_trigger
>>>>     and boot proceed.
>>>>     So, at this moment we have  deferred_probe_work_func scheduled.
>>>>
>>>> late_initcall_sync
>>>>     - omap_device_late_init
>>>>       - omap_device_idle
>>>>
>>>> CPU1					CPU2
>>>>     - deferred_probe_work_func
>>>>       - really_probe
>>>>         - omap_hsmmc_probe
>>>> 	- pm_runtime_get_sync
>>>> 					late_initcall_sync
>>>> 					- omap_device_late_init
>>>> 						if (od->_driver_status != BUS_NOTIFY_BOUND_DRIVER) {
>>>> 							if (od->_state == OMAP_DEVICE_STATE_ENABLED) {
>>>> 								- omap_device_idle [ops - IP is disabled, ]
>>>> 	- [fail]
>>>> 	- pm_runtime_put_sync
>>>>             - omap_hsmmc_runtime_suspend [ooops!]
>>>
>>> OK idling of unclaimed devices should not happen for deferred probe,
>>> it should only happen when there's no driver and no probing happening.
>>>    
>>>> Lets remove just remove omap_device_late_init completely as suggested
>>>> by Tero Kristo:
>>>>
>>>> "How about remove omap_device_late_init call completely. I don't think
>>>> it does anything useful at the moment; none of the omap devices get
>>>> enabled outside runtime_pm, so there should be no need to explicitly
>>>> disable the devices."
>>>
>>> I think this is still needed from PM point of view as otherwise we
>>> don't idle any devices that don't have a driver available. Or am I
>>> missing something?
>>>
>>> To me it seems the bug is relying on the BUS_NOTIFY_BOUND_DRIVER is
>>> not set in the deferred probe case.
>>>
>>
>>
>> What do you think about below alternative?
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c
>> index 4cb8fd9..72ebc4c 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c
>> @@ -901,7 +901,8 @@ static int __init omap_device_late_idle(struct device *dev, void *data)
>>                  if (od->hwmods[i]->flags & HWMOD_INIT_NO_IDLE)
>>                          return 0;
>>   
>> -       if (od->_driver_status != BUS_NOTIFY_BOUND_DRIVER) {
>> +       if (od->_driver_status != BUS_NOTIFY_BOUND_DRIVER &&
>> +           od->_driver_status != BUS_NOTIFY_BIND_DRIVER) {
>>                  if (od->_state == OMAP_DEVICE_STATE_ENABLED) {
>>                          dev_warn(dev, "%s: enabled but no driver.  Idling\n",
>>                                   __func__);
> 
> Seems better to me if it really fixes the issue.
> 

My dra7-evm failed to boot on "2b186e5 Add linux-next specific files for 20150827"
and this change restores boot.

Will wait for confirmation from Keerthy.


-- 
regards,
-grygorii



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