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Re: [PATCH] b43: Fix locking problem when stopping rfkill polling

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On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 03:23:36PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 10/07/2009 02:01 PM, John W. Linville wrote:
>> OK, but why do we start polling under the lock but stop polling without
>> the lock?  Should we start polling without holding the lock too?
>
> I see that this patch was committed. I hope that you will be sending it 
> upstream for 2.6.32. The correct version has been sent to stable for 
> inclusion in 2.6.31, but as usual, a mainline commit ID will be needed.

I've folded this into "b43: Fix PPC crash in rfkill polling on unload"
for sending upstream.

Thanks!

John
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