netdev - Re: [PATCH] Disable polling in rtl8169_suspend() to prevent race with rtl8169

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Date:	Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:40:21 +0200
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	Karsten Wiese <fzu@...gehoertderstaat.de>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Disable polling in rtl8169_suspend() to prevent race
	with rtl8169_interrupt()

Karsten Wiese <fzu@...gehoertderstaat.de> :
[...]
> Can your patch cause the same effect as the "ethtool -s eth0 port mii" in
> the bug case?
> 
> Do you agree that rtl8169_interrupt() should not be called after
> rtl8169_asic_down() when in rtl8169_suspend() and before rtl8169_resume()?

I have not thought about it too deeply.

I'd rather say that the driver must be able to handle it. Spurious/shared
irq happen.

-- 
Ueimor
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