On 08/09/2012 03:11 PM, Takashi Iwai wrote:
@@ -3187,13 +3217,16 @@ static int __devinit azx_probe(struct pci_dev *pci, if (patch[dev] && *patch[dev]) { snd_printk(KERN_ERR SFX "Applying patch firmware '%s'\n", patch[dev]); - err = request_firmware(&chip->fw, patch[dev], &pci->dev); + err = request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, true, patch[dev], + &pci->dev, GFP_KERNEL, card, + azx_firmware_cb); if (err < 0) goto out_free; + chip->probe_deferred = 1;
I might be out on deep water here, but isn't this racy? Or is azx_firmware_cb somehow guaranteed not to execute before this function has exited?
} #endif /* CONFIG_SND_HDA_PATCH_LOADER */ - if (!chip->disabled) { + if (!chip->disabled && !chip->probe_deferred) { err = azx_probe_continue(chip); if (err < 0) goto out_free;
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