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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Update stop_queues kdoc

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On Friday 01 June 2007 11:48:11 Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-06-01 at 11:29 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote:
> > This updates stop_queue(s) kdoc as currently there's
> > a undocumented dependency.
> > 
> > Stopping the queue from anywhere else than the ops->tx()
> > callback will result in a hard to debug deadlock and
> > system freeze (on UP).
> 
> Ugh. Any way to actually detect a wrong spot to call it at runtime?

Probably by verifying if netif_tx_lock is locked somehow.
But I'm not sure.

-- 
Greetings Michael.
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