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Re: [PATCH V2] mac80211: Fix power save state stuck in ACTIVE caused by race between suspend and Tx packet.

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On Mon, 2015-06-01 at 22:44 +0530, Chaitanya T K wrote:
> From: Chaitanya T K <chaitanya.mgit@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> If suspended during TX in progress, there can be 
> race where the driver is put of of power-save due
> to TX and during suspend dynamic_ps_time is cancelled
> and TX packet is flushed, leaving the driver in ACTIVE
> even after resuming until dynamic_ps_time puts 
> driver back in DOZE. (Which only happens if there
> is another TX).
> 
> This can lead high power consumption of chipset during (or)
> after resuming also.

This isn't what your patch is actually doing though. You need to mention
WoWLAN at the very least in your commit log; or are you just randomly
changing the code until it fixes your bug? :)

johannes

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