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From: David Henningsson <david.henningsson@canonical.com>
To: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Cc: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@avionic-design.de>,
	alsa-devel@alsa-project.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ALSA: hda - Deferred probing with request_firmware_nowait()
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:26:56 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5023BAA0.1080304@canonical.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <s5ha9y42os2.wl%tiwai@suse.de>

On 08/09/2012 03:11 PM, Takashi Iwai wrote:

> @@ -3187,13 +3217,16 @@ static int __devinit azx_probe(struct pci_dev *pci,
>   	if (patch[dev] && *patch[dev]) {
>   		snd_printk(KERN_ERR SFX "Applying patch firmware '%s'\n",
>   			   patch[dev]);
> -		err = request_firmware(&chip->fw, patch[dev], &pci->dev);
> +		err = request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, true, patch[dev],
> +					      &pci->dev, GFP_KERNEL, card,
> +					      azx_firmware_cb);
>   		if (err < 0)
>   			goto out_free;
> +		chip->probe_deferred = 1;

I might be out on deep water here, but isn't this racy? Or is 
azx_firmware_cb somehow guaranteed not to execute before this function 
has exited?

>   	}
>   #endif /* CONFIG_SND_HDA_PATCH_LOADER */
>
> -	if (!chip->disabled) {
> +	if (!chip->disabled && !chip->probe_deferred) {
>   		err = azx_probe_continue(chip);
>   		if (err < 0)
>   			goto out_free;
>



-- 
David Henningsson, Canonical Ltd.
https://launchpad.net/~diwic

  reply	other threads:[~2012-08-09 13:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-08-09  6:45 [PATCH] ALSA: hda - Defer probe when loading patch firmware Thierry Reding
2012-08-09  6:57 ` Takashi Iwai
2012-08-09  7:08   ` Thierry Reding
2012-08-09  7:31     ` Takashi Iwai
2012-08-09  7:36       ` Thierry Reding
2012-08-09  7:42         ` Takashi Iwai
2012-08-09  7:50           ` Takashi Iwai
2012-08-09  7:57             ` Thierry Reding
2012-08-09  8:07           ` Thierry Reding
2012-08-09  8:21             ` Takashi Iwai
2012-08-09  9:19               ` Takashi Iwai
2012-08-09 10:34               ` Thierry Reding
2012-08-09 12:32                 ` Takashi Iwai
2012-08-09 12:49                   ` Thierry Reding
2012-08-09 13:06                     ` Takashi Iwai
2012-08-09 13:09                   ` [PATCH 0/2] HD-audio firmware loading fixes Takashi Iwai
2012-08-09 13:10                     ` [PATCH 1/2] ALSA: hda - Load firmware in hda_intel.c Takashi Iwai
2012-08-09 14:26                       ` Thierry Reding
2012-08-09 13:11                     ` [PATCH 2/2] ALSA: hda - Deferred probing with request_firmware_nowait() Takashi Iwai
2012-08-09 13:26                       ` David Henningsson [this message]
2012-08-09 13:32                         ` Takashi Iwai
2012-08-09 13:36                           ` [PATCH 2/2 v2] " Takashi Iwai
2012-08-09 13:54                             ` David Henningsson
2012-08-09 14:04                               ` Thierry Reding
2012-08-09 14:04                               ` Takashi Iwai
2012-08-09 14:10                                 ` [PATCH 2/2 v3] " Takashi Iwai
2012-08-09 14:19                                   ` David Henningsson
2012-08-09 14:25                                   ` Thierry Reding
2012-08-09 14:34                                     ` Takashi Iwai
2012-08-09 14:38                                       ` Thierry Reding

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