Re: [RFT v2] iommu/amd: use subsys_initcall() on amdv2 iommu

From	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [RFT v2] iommu/amd: use subsys_initcall() on amdv2 iommu
Date	2016-04-09 02:30 +0200
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On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 10:41 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org> wrote:
> We need to ensure amd iommu v2 initializes before
> driver uses such as drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_module.c,
> to do this make its init routine a subsys_initcall() which
> ensures its load init is called first than modules when
> built-in.
>
> This reverts the old work around implemented through commit
> 1bacc894c227fad8a7 ("drivers: Move iommu/ before gpu/ in Makefile"),
> instead of making the dependency implicit by linker order this
> makes the ordering requirement explicit through proper kernel
> APIs.
>
> Cc: Oded Gabbay <oded.gabbay@amd.com>
> Cc: Christian König <christian.koenig@amd.com>
> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org>

*poke*

 Luis

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Re: [RFT v2] iommu/amd: use subsys_initcall() on amdv2 iommu "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-04-09 02:30 +0200
  Re: [RFT v2] iommu/amd: use subsys_initcall() on amdv2 iommu Oded Gabbay <oded.gabbay@gmail.com> - 2016-04-11 15:50 +0200
    Re: [RFT v2] iommu/amd: use subsys_initcall() on amdv2 iommu "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-04-13 00:10 +0200

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