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authorJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2013-12-16 11:23:45 +0100
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2013-12-16 11:23:45 +0100
commitc4de673b775e4db48cd2db6277e0c6714332ca0c (patch)
tree84f9e4728e6ccf257236d2ba063b6e784ec8b65d /drivers/base/platform.c
parentmac80211: fix nested sdata lock for IBSS/CSA (diff)
parentath9k: initialize retry chain flags in tx99 code (diff)
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'wireless-next/master' into mac80211-next
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/base/platform.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/base/platform.c17
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index 4f8bef3eb5a8..47051cd25113 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -488,6 +488,11 @@ static int platform_drv_probe(struct device *_dev)
if (ret && ACPI_HANDLE(_dev))
acpi_dev_pm_detach(_dev, true);
+ if (drv->prevent_deferred_probe && ret == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
+ dev_warn(_dev, "probe deferral not supported\n");
+ ret = -ENXIO;
+ }
+
return ret;
}
@@ -553,8 +558,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_driver_unregister);
/**
* platform_driver_probe - register driver for non-hotpluggable device
* @drv: platform driver structure
- * @probe: the driver probe routine, probably from an __init section,
- * must not return -EPROBE_DEFER.
+ * @probe: the driver probe routine, probably from an __init section
*
* Use this instead of platform_driver_register() when you know the device
* is not hotpluggable and has already been registered, and you want to
@@ -565,8 +569,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_driver_unregister);
* into system-on-chip processors, where the controller devices have been
* configured as part of board setup.
*
- * This is incompatible with deferred probing so probe() must not
- * return -EPROBE_DEFER.
+ * Note that this is incompatible with deferred probing.
*
* Returns zero if the driver registered and bound to a device, else returns
* a negative error code and with the driver not registered.
@@ -576,6 +579,12 @@ int __init_or_module platform_driver_probe(struct platform_driver *drv,
{
int retval, code;
+ /*
+ * Prevent driver from requesting probe deferral to avoid further
+ * futile probe attempts.
+ */
+ drv->prevent_deferred_probe = true;
+
/* make sure driver won't have bind/unbind attributes */
drv->driver.suppress_bind_attrs = true;