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When we have a dependency of the form:
Device-A -> Device-C
Device-B
Device-C -> Device-B
Where,
* Indentation denotes "child of" parent in previous line.
* X -> Y denotes X is consumer of Y based on firmware (Eg: DT).
We have cyclic dependency: device-A -> device-C -> device-B -> device-A
fw_devlink current treats device-C -> device-B dependency as an invalid
dependency and doesn't enforce it but leaves the rest of the
dependencies as is.
While the current behavior is necessary, it is not sufficient if the
false dependency in this example is actually device-A -> device-C. When
this is the case, device-C will correctly probe defer waiting for
device-B to be added, but device-A will be incorrectly probe deferred by
fw_devlink waiting on device-C to probe successfully. Due to this, none
of the devices in the cycle will end up probing.
To fix this, we need to go relax all the dependencies in the cycle like
we already do in the other instances where fw_devlink detects cycles.
A real world example of this was reported[1] and analyzed[2].
[1] - https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/0a2c4106-7f48-2bb5-048e-8c001a7c3fda@samsung.com/
[2] - https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAGETcx8peaew90SWiux=TyvuGgvTQOmO4BFALz7aj0Za5QdNFQ@mail.gmail.com/
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README
Linux kernel
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In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
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There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.