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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/device.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/device.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h index 77b7cd9e5467..00ac57c26615 100644 --- a/include/linux/device.h +++ b/include/linux/device.h @@ -201,15 +201,15 @@ extern struct klist *bus_get_device_klist(struct bus_type *bus); * respective probe routines. This tells the core what to * expect and prefer. * - * @PROBE_DEFAULT_STRATEGY: Drivers expect their probe routines - * to run synchronously with driver and device registration - * (with the exception of -EPROBE_DEFER handling - re-probing - * always ends up being done asynchronously) unless user - * explicitly requested asynchronous probing via module - * parameter. + * @PROBE_DEFAULT_STRATEGY: Used by drivers that work equally well + * whether probed synchronously or asynchronously. * @PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS: Drivers for "slow" devices which * probing order is not essential for booting the system may * opt into executing their probes asynchronously. + * @PROBE_FORCE_SYNCHRONOUS: Use this to annotate drivers that need + * their probe routines to run synchronously with driver and + * device registration (with the exception of -EPROBE_DEFER + * handling - re-probing always ends up being done asynchronously). * * Note that the end goal is to switch the kernel to use asynchronous * probing by default, so annotating drivers with @@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ extern struct klist *bus_get_device_klist(struct bus_type *bus); enum probe_type { PROBE_DEFAULT_STRATEGY, PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS, + PROBE_FORCE_SYNCHRONOUS, }; /** |