driver core: configurable deferred probe timeout by apateriy-qcom · Pull Request #697 · qualcomm-linux/kernel

apateriy-qcom · 2026-06-11T06:10:16Z

With the kernel default of 10s ,we are observing probe deferrals
on Qualcomm platforms where supplier drivers (e.g. regulators, clocks)
are probing late; 60s gives sufficient margin without waiting indefinitely.
On distrokernels, many supplier drivers (clocks, regulators) are built as
modules and are not present in the initrd, especially when the system
waits for mounting the rootfs.
The result is that code using driver_deferred_probe_check_state() hits
the timeout and returns a hard failure rather than deferring
indefinitely like other EPROBE_DEFER paths.

The first patch introduces a Kconfig option,CONFIG_DRIVER_DEFERRED_PROBE_TIMEOUT,
so that a suitable default can be selected at build time without requiring
a kernel command-line override. The second patch extends the deferred_probe_timeout
command-line parameter documentation to clarify that negative values
are treated as an infinite timeout. The third patch sets the Kconfig
default to 60 seconds in the Qualcomm config fragment, which gives
supplier drivers enough margin to probe on Qualcomm platforms without
waiting indefinitely.

Anurag Pateriya (1):
QCLINUX: arm64: configs: qcom: Set DRIVER_DEFERRED_PROBE_TIMEOUT to 60

Hans de Goede (2):
driver core: Make deferred_probe_timeout default a Kconfig option
Documentation: update deferred_probe_timeout cmdline parameter documentation

CRs-Fixed: 4519746

…option Code using driver_deferred_probe_check_state() differs from most EPROBE_DEFER handling in the kernel. Where other EPROBE_DEFER handling (e.g. clks, gpios and regulators) waits indefinitely for suppliers to show up, code using driver_deferred_probe_check_state() will fail after the deferred_probe_timeout. This is a problem for generic distro kernels which want to support many boards using a single kernel build. These kernels want as much drivers to be modular as possible. The initrd also should be as small as possible, so the initrd will *not* have drivers not needing to get the rootfs. Combine this with waiting for a full-disk encryption password in the initrd and it is pretty much guaranteed that the default 10s timeout will be hit, causing probe() failures when drivers on the rootfs happen to get modprobe-d before other rootfs modules providing their suppliers. Make the default timeout configurable from Kconfig to allow distro kernel configs where many of the supplier drivers are modules to set the default through Kconfig. Reviewed-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <johannes.goede@oss.qualcomm.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260314084916.10868-1-johannes.goede@oss.qualcomm.com [ Drop deferred_probe_timeout documentation change in kernel-parameters.txt. - Danilo ] Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>

…ter documentation Extend the deferred_probe_timeout cmdline parameter documentation, documenting that negative values are treated as an infinite timeout value. Suggested-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <johannes.goede@oss.qualcomm.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260416144144.54547-1-johannes.goede@oss.qualcomm.com Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>

Set the deferred probe timeout to 60 seconds in the Qualcomm config fragment.With the kernel default of 10s ,we are observing probe deferrals on Qualcomm platforms where supplier drivers (e.g. regulators, clocks) are probing late; 60s gives sufficient margin without waiting indefinitely. Signed-off-by: Anurag Pateriya <apateriy@qti.qualcomm.com>

qcomlnxci · 2026-06-11T08:08:16Z

Test Matrix

Test Case	lemans-evk	monaco-evk	qcs615-ride	qcs6490-rb3gen2	qcs8300-ride	qcs9100-ride-r3	x1e80100-crd
BT_FW_KMD_Service	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
BT_ON_OFF	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
BT_SCAN	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
CPUFreq_Validation	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
CPU_affinity	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
DSP_AudioPD	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	⚠️ skip	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	⚠️ skip	◻️
Ethernet	⚠️ skip	✅ Pass	⚠️ skip	⚠️ skip	⚠️ skip	⚠️ skip	◻️
Freq_Scaling	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
GIC	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
IPA	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
Interrupts	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
OpenCV	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
PCIe	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
Probe_Failure_Check	❌ Fail	❌ Fail	❌ Fail	❌ Fail	❌ Fail	❌ Fail	◻️
RMNET	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
UFS_Validation	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
USBHost	❌ Fail	❌ Fail	❌ Fail	❌ Fail	❌ Fail	❌ Fail	◻️
WiFi_Firmware_Driver	❌ Fail	❌ Fail	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
WiFi_OnOff	✅ Pass	❌ Fail	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
adsp_remoteproc	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	❌ Fail	◻️
cdsp_remoteproc	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	❌ Fail	◻️
gpdsp_remoteproc	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	⚠️ skip	⚠️ skip	✅ Pass	❌ Fail	◻️
hotplug	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
irq	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
kaslr	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
pinctrl	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
qcom_hwrng	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
remoteproc	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	❌ Fail	◻️
rngtest	✅ Pass	❌ Fail	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
shmbridge	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
smmu	❌ Fail	✅ Pass	❌ Fail	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	❌ Fail	◻️
watchdog	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
wpss_remoteproc	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️

qcomlnxci · 2026-06-11T08:08:16Z

Test jobs on 6795936

qcomlnxci · 2026-06-11T09:00:31Z

Test jobs on f24eb44

qcomlnxci · 2026-06-11T09:00:33Z

Test Matrix

Test Case	lemans-evk	monaco-evk	qcs615-ride	qcs6490-rb3gen2	qcs8300-ride	qcs9100-ride-r3	x1e80100-crd
BT_FW_KMD_Service	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
BT_ON_OFF	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
BT_SCAN	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
CPUFreq_Validation	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
CPU_affinity	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
DSP_AudioPD	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	⚠️ skip	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	⚠️ skip	◻️
Ethernet	⚠️ skip	✅ Pass	⚠️ skip	⚠️ skip	⚠️ skip	⚠️ skip	◻️
Freq_Scaling	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
GIC	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
IPA	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
Interrupts	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
OpenCV	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
PCIe	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
Probe_Failure_Check	❌ Fail	❌ Fail	✅ Pass	❌ Fail	❌ Fail	❌ Fail	◻️
RMNET	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
UFS_Validation	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
USBHost	❌ Fail	❌ Fail	❌ Fail	❌ Fail	❌ Fail	❌ Fail	◻️
WiFi_Firmware_Driver	❌ Fail	❌ Fail	❌ Fail	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
WiFi_OnOff	✅ Pass	❌ Fail	⚠️ skip	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
adsp_remoteproc	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	❌ Fail	◻️
cdsp_remoteproc	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	❌ Fail	◻️
gpdsp_remoteproc	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	⚠️ skip	⚠️ skip	✅ Pass	❌ Fail	◻️
hotplug	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
irq	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
kaslr	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
pinctrl	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
qcom_hwrng	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
remoteproc	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	❌ Fail	◻️
rngtest	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
shmbridge	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
smmu	❌ Fail	✅ Pass	❌ Fail	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	❌ Fail	◻️
watchdog	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️
wpss_remoteproc	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	⚠️ skip	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	✅ Pass	◻️

apateriy-qcom requested review from a team, Komal-Bajaj, aiquny and quic-kaushalk June 11, 2026 06:10

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