This reverts commit dc23806a7c ("driver core: enforce device_lock for
driver_match_device()") and commit 289b14592c ("driver core: fix
inverted "locked" suffix of driver_match_device()").
While technically correct, there is a major downside to this approach:
When a device is already present in the system and a driver is
registered on the same bus, we iterate over all devices registered on
this bus to see if one of them matches. If we come across an already
bound one where the corresponding driver crashed while holding the
device lock (e.g. in probe()) we can't make any progress anymore.
However, drivers are typically the least tested code in the kernel and
hence it is a case that is likely to happen regularly. Besides hurting
developer ergonomics, it potentially decreases chances of shutting
things down cleanly and obtaining logs in production environments as
well [1].
This came up in the context of a firewire bug, which only in combination
with the reverted commit, caused the machine to hang [2]. Additionally,
it was observed in [3].
Thus, revert commit dc23806a7c ("driver core: enforce device_lock for
driver_match_device()") and add a brief note clarifying that an
implementer of struct bus_type must not expect match() to be called with
the device lock held.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/driver-core/DGRGTIRHA62X.3RY09D9SOK77P@kernel.org/ [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/67f655bb-4d81-4609-b008-68d200255dd2@davidgow.net/ [2]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CALbr=LZ4v7N=tO1vgOsyj9AS+XuNbn6kG-QcF+PacdMjSo0iyw@mail.gmail.com/ [3]
Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/driver-core/CAHk-=wgJ_L1C=HjcYJotg_zrZEmiLFJaoic+PWthjuQrutrfJw@mail.gmail.com/
Reviewed-by: Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260302002545.19389-1-dakr@kernel.org
[ Add additional Link: reference. - Danilo ]
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
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