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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/base/auxiliary.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/auxiliary.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/auxiliary.c b/drivers/base/auxiliary.c index afa4df4c5a3f..95717d509ca9 100644 --- a/drivers/base/auxiliary.c +++ b/drivers/base/auxiliary.c @@ -156,6 +156,16 @@ * }, * .ops = my_custom_ops, * }; + * + * Please note that such custom ops approach is valid, but it is hard to implement + * it right without global locks per-device to protect from auxiliary_drv removal + * during call to that ops. In addition, this implementation lacks proper module + * dependency, which causes to load/unload races between auxiliary parent and devices + * modules. + * + * The most easiest way to provide these ops reliably without needing to + * have a lock is to EXPORT_SYMBOL*() them and rely on already existing + * modules infrastructure for validity and correct dependencies chains. */ static const struct auxiliary_device_id *auxiliary_match_id(const struct auxiliary_device_id *id, |