Re: [PATCH] driver core: Make Kconfig text for DEBUG_TEST_DRIVER_REMOVE stronger

From	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] driver core: Make Kconfig text for DEBUG_TEST_DRIVER_REMOVE stronger
Date	2016-10-31 11:20 +0100
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On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 6:09 PM, Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> wrote:
> The current state of driver removal is not great.
> CONFIG_DEBUG_TEST_DRIVER_REMOVE finds lots of errors. The help text
> currently undersells exactly how many errors this option will find. Add
> a bit more description to indicate this option shouldn't be turned on
> unless you actually want to debug driver removal. The text can be
> changed later when more drivers are fixed up.

Indeed, this is failing miserably for e.g. SoC clock drivers using
platform_driver_probe(), which are never retried, rendering the complete
system useless.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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                                -- Linus Torvalds

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Re: [PATCH] driver core: Make Kconfig text for DEBUG_TEST_DRIVER_REMOVE  stronger Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2016-10-31 11:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] driver core: Make Kconfig text for DEBUG_TEST_DRIVER_REMOVE  stronger Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2016-10-31 13:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] driver core: Make Kconfig text for DEBUG_TEST_DRIVER_REMOVE  stronger Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> - 2016-10-31 15:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] driver core: Make Kconfig text for  DEBUG_TEST_DRIVER_REMOVE stronger Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-10-31 16:10 +0100
        Re: [PATCH] driver core: Make Kconfig text for  DEBUG_TEST_DRIVER_REMOVE stronger Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-10-31 16:10 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] driver core: Make Kconfig text for  DEBUG_TEST_DRIVER_REMOVE stronger Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-10-31 13:30 +0100

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