From 63fcf10db218a89cbd1e34c47540c3e28706cff1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yong Wang Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:09:54 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] staging: spectra: asynchronous init The spectra nand driver takes quite some time to initialize because it needs to scan the whole nand disk to find the latest block table. This patch initializes the spectra nand driver asynchronously so that other things in the kernel can initialize in parallel to the scanning operation. Signed-off-by: Yong Wang Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/staging/spectra/ffsport.c | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/spectra/ffsport.c b/drivers/staging/spectra/ffsport.c index c6b4a2d..c3849e9 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/spectra/ffsport.c +++ b/drivers/staging/spectra/ffsport.c @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include /**** Helper functions used for Div, Remainder operation on u64 ****/ @@ -729,7 +730,7 @@ static void create_sysfs_entry(struct device *dev) } */ -int register_spectra_ftl() +static void register_spectra_ftl_async(void *unused, async_cookie_t cookie) { int i; @@ -738,7 +739,7 @@ int register_spectra_ftl() if (PASS != GLOB_FTL_IdentifyDevice(&IdentifyDeviceData)) { printk(KERN_ERR "Spectra: Unable to Read Flash Device. " "Aborting\n"); - return -ENOMEM; + return; } else { nand_dbg_print(NAND_DBG_WARN, "In GLOB_SBD_init: " "Num blocks=%d, pagesperblock=%d, " @@ -772,15 +773,19 @@ int register_spectra_ftl() "Spectra: module loaded with major number %d\n", GLOB_SBD_majornum); - return PASS; + return; out_blk_register: unregister_blkdev(GLOB_SBD_majornum, GLOB_SBD_NAME); out_ftl_flash_register: GLOB_FTL_Cache_Release(); printk(KERN_ERR "Spectra: Module load failed.\n"); +} - return FAIL; +int register_spectra_ftl() +{ + async_schedule(register_spectra_ftl_async, NULL); + return 0; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_spectra_ftl); -- 2.7.4