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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/core.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c index e65dd803a453..316df6027093 100644 --- a/drivers/base/core.c +++ b/drivers/base/core.c @@ -1772,14 +1772,21 @@ static int fw_devlink_create_devlink(struct device *con, * be broken by applying logic. Check for these types of cycles and * break them so that devices in the cycle probe properly. * - * If the supplier's parent is dependent on the consumer, then - * the consumer-supplier dependency is a false dependency. So, - * treat it as an invalid link. + * If the supplier's parent is dependent on the consumer, then the + * consumer and supplier have a cyclic dependency. Since fw_devlink + * can't tell which of the inferred dependencies are incorrect, don't + * enforce probe ordering between any of the devices in this cyclic + * dependency. Do this by relaxing all the fw_devlink device links in + * this cycle and by treating the fwnode link between the consumer and + * the supplier as an invalid dependency. */ sup_dev = fwnode_get_next_parent_dev(sup_handle); if (sup_dev && device_is_dependent(con, sup_dev)) { - dev_dbg(con, "Not linking to %pfwP - False link\n", - sup_handle); + dev_info(con, "Fixing up cyclic dependency with %pfwP (%s)\n", + sup_handle, dev_name(sup_dev)); + device_links_write_lock(); + fw_devlink_relax_cycle(con, sup_dev); + device_links_write_unlock(); ret = -EINVAL; } else { /* |