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SubjectRe: [PATCH] b44: fix resume, request_irq after hw reset
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On 12 October 2010 08:27, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 08:08:05 +0100 James Hogan <james@albanarts.com> wrote:
>
>> > > @@ -2309,6 +2303,12 @@ static int b44_resume(struct ssb_device *sdev)
>> > >
>> > >   netif_device_attach(bp->dev);
>> > >   spin_unlock_irq(&bp->lock);
>> > >
>> > > + rc = request_irq(dev->irq, b44_interrupt, IRQF_SHARED, dev->name,
>> dev);
>> > > + if (rc) {
>> > > +         netdev_err(dev, "request_irq failed\n");
>> > > +         return rc;
>> > > + }
>> > > +
>> > >
>> > >   b44_enable_ints(bp);
>> > >   netif_wake_queue(dev);
>> >
>> > OK, running the interrupt handler before b44_init_hw() is presumably
>> > the problem here.
>> >
>> > The hardware surely won't be generating interrupts until we've run
>> > b44_init_hw() and b44_enable_ints(), so this patch really is only to
>> > keep CONFIG_DEBUG_SHIRQ happy.
>>
>> For me it's mainly to keep CONFIG_DEBUG_SHIRQ happy (Fedora has this switched
>> on), but since it's a shared IRQ, there is still a chance it could be
>> called before enabling it's own interrupts by a different device on the same
>> IRQ.
>
> ooh, yes, you're right, I forgot about that.  It's indeed a bug.
>
>> It makes sense to me why it's disabling the IRQ now, in case another device
>> triggers it when it cannot handle it safely.
>
> What code are you referring to here?  There's no disable_irq() in that area?

Sorry, I meant freeing the irq (free_irq() in b44_suspend).

Thinking about it this should also go in stable too.

Cheers
James

>
>> I also tried calling the
>> interrupt directly before the free_irq in the suspend function to check that
>> it wasn't being done too late, and it didn't fail, so possibly it is the core
>> suspension that makes it start failing until it is brought back up properly.
>
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