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Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:50:55 -0500 (EST) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: xtfeng@...il.com Cc: dannyfeng@...cent.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: fix tasklet misuse issue From: Xiaotian Feng <xtfeng@...il.com> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:47:36 +0800 > In commit 175c0dff, drivers uses tasklet_kill to avoid put disabled tasklet > on the tasklet vec. But some of the drivers uses tasklet_init & tasklet_disable > in the driver init code, then tasklet_enable when it is opened. This makes > tasklet_enable on a killed tasklet and make ksoftirqd crazy then. Normally, > drivers should use tasklet_init/tasklet_kill on device open/remove, and use > tasklet_disable/tasklet_enable on device suspend/resume. > > Reported-by: Peter Wu <lekensteyn@...il.com> > Tested-by: Peter Wu <lekensteyn@...il.com> > Signed-off-by: Xiaotian Feng <dannyfeng@...cent.com> Applied, thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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