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Re: [RFC] mac80211: fix resuming when device is gone

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On Mon, 2011-08-08 at 16:19 +0200, Stanislaw Gruszka wrote:
> Is possible that usb hardware can be unplugged during or before resume.
> If so do not call ieee80211_reconfig(), which among other things arm
> sta_cleanup timer. Timer callback then operate on freed memory.

> I have this warning with possible fallow up crash without physically
> unplugging device, but usb core rebind rt73usb with message:
> 
> "rt73usb 1-2:1.0: no reset_resume for driver rt73usb?"
> 
> What probably also need to be fixed in rt2x00. But I think fix in
> mac80211 is needed for possibility of physical remove. Not sure if this
> is best possible fix, through. Maybe just preventing arming sta_cleanup
> would be better, other things in ieee80211_reconfig() seems to work.

But ... if sta_cleanup timer operates on freed memory, why doesn't
"local->registered"?

johannes

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