# Re: \[PATCH v3 0/3\] fw\_devlink bug fixes

- From: Greg Kroah-Hartman \<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org\>
- Date: 2021-09-24 06:09:24 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2021/09/1520265
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2021/09/1509663/t.md

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On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 10:44:48PM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 07:30:04PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > It fixes the real problem where drivers were making the wrong assumption
> > that if they registered a device, it would be instantly bound to a
> > driver.  Drivers that did this were getting lucky, as this was never a
> > guarantee of the driver core (think about if you enabled async
> > probing, and the mess with the bus specific locks that should be
> > preventing much of this)
> 
> Since commit d173a137c5bd ("driver-core: enable drivers to opt-out of
> async probe") it is possible to opt out of async probing, and PHY
> drivers do opt out of it, at the time of writing.

That's good, but we are talking about system-wide enabling of async
probing in the future, which might cause problems here :)

Anyway, let's go with this option for now and Saravana has assured me
that he will work on fixing up these drivers/bus to work properly going
forward.

thanks,

greg k-h
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