Ganapathi Bhat <gbhat@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Driver is doing netif_carrier_off during suspend, which will set
> the IFF_LOWER_UP flag to 0. As a result certain applications
> will think this as a real carrier down and behave accordingly.
> This will cause issues like loss of IP address, for example. To
> fix this use netif_device_dettach during suspend.
>
> Fixes: 0026b32d723e ('mwifiex: fix Tx timeout issue during suspend test')
>
> Signed-off-by: Cathy Luo <cluo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ganapathi Bhat <gbhat@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.
bd69cddcdf47 mwifiex: replace netif_carrier_on/off by netif_device_attach/dettach
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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9877467/
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