Re: [PATCH net 1/3] r8169:fix kernel log spam when set or get hardware wol setting.

[Francois Romieu]

Hau <hau@xxxxxxxxxxx> :
[...]
> > Either the driver resumes the device so that it can perform requested
> > operation or it signals .set_wol failure when the device is suspended.
> > 
> > If the driver does something else, "spam removal" translates to "silent
> > failure".
> 
> Because "tp->saved_wolopts" will be used to set hardware wol capability in
> rtl8169_runtime_resume().  So I prefer to keep "wol->wolopts" to
> " tp->saved_wolopts " in runtime suspend state and set this to this
> "wol->wolopts" to hardware in in rtl8169_runtime_resume(). 

It would be fine if it could be proven that rtl8169_runtime_resume() will
always be run before software state is lost.

-- 
Ueimor