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Re: [ath5k-devel] Oops with current kernel and ath5k

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On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Elias Oltmanns <eo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sorry, but I don't think this is safe. Checking and restoring the
> started flag has to be protected too, otherwise there can be races
> against ->stop().

Yes, it's a bit of a mess.  Even if it were serialized, a ->stop()
happening between suspend's call to hw_stop and actually powering down
the device would clear the flag.  Ho hum.

-- 
Bob Copeland %% www.bobcopeland.com
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