linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.30: hald crashes on resume from STR apparently on LED device

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Date:	Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:57:24 +0100
From:	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>
To:	Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@...l.ru>
Cc:	hal@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.30: hald crashes on resume from STR apparently on LED
	device

On Sun, 2009-06-21 at 18:17 +0400, Andrey Borzenkov wrote:
> So what happens is simple. During suspend led device is removed; during 
> resume it is recreated. Apparently removing led device cause hald-addon-
> leds to exit (thus disconnecting D-Bus connection); and sometimes next 
> "add" event comes too early, before hald had chance to notice missing 
> addon.

Note that its the underlying device that is being removed here and since
the LED is connected to that its removed as well. The LED subsystem
hasn't changed in how it works. I don't think that has any bearing on
your patch though.

Regards,

Richard

-- 
Richard Purdie
Intel Open Source Technology Centre

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