RE: [ipw3945-devel] [PATCH 2/5] iwlwifi: iwl3945 synchronize interruptand tasklet for down iwlwifi

From: Chatre, Reinette
Date: Thu Jan 10 2008 - 14:10:56 EST


On , Joonwoo Park wrote:

> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
> @@ -6262,6 +6262,10 @@ static void __iwl_down(struct iwl_priv *priv)
> /* tell the device to stop sending interrupts */
> iwl_disable_interrupts(priv);
>
> + /* synchronize irq and tasklet */
> + synchronize_irq(priv->pci_dev->irq);
> + tasklet_kill(&priv->irq_tasklet);
> +

Could synchronize_irq() be moved into iwl_disable_interrupts() ? I am
also wondering if we cannot call tasklet_kill() before
iwl_disable_interrupts() ... thus preventing it from being scheduled
when we are going down.

Reinette
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