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SubjectRe: [PATCH net v2 1/2] Revert "r8152: napi hangup fix after disconnect"
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From: Hayes Wang <hayeswang@realtek.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 09:43:32 +0000

> Jiri Slaby [mailto:jslaby@suse.cz]
>> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2019 4:55 PM
> [...]
>> Could you clarify *why* it conflicts? And how is the problem fixed by
>> 0ee1f473496 avoided now?
>
> In rtl8152_disconnect(), the flow would be as following.
>
> static void rtl8152_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
> {
> ...
> - netif_napi_del(&tp->napi);
> - unregister_netdev(tp->netdev);
> - rtl8152_close
> - napi_disable
>
> Therefore you add a checking of RTL8152_UNPLUG to avoid
> calling napi_disable() after netif_napi_del(). However,
> after commit ffa9fec30ca0 ("r8152: set RTL8152_UNPLUG
> only for real disconnection"), RTL8152_UNPLUG is not
> always set when calling rtl8152_disconnect(). That is,
> napi_disable() would be called after netif_napi_del(),
> if RTL8152_UNPLUG is not set.
>
> The best way is to avoid calling netif_napi_del() before
> calling unregister_netdev(). And I has submitted such
> patch following this one.

These details belong in the commit message, always.

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