Re: [PATCH net] net: stmmac: Terminate FPE workqueue in suspend

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Jun 30 2021 - 05:32:16 EST


On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 05:17:54PM +0800, mohammad.athari.ismail@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Mohammad Athari Bin Ismail <mohammad.athari.ismail@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Add stmmac_fpe_stop_wq() in stmmac_suspend() to terminate FPE workqueue
> during suspend. So, in suspend mode, there will be no FPE workqueue
> available. Without this fix, new additional FPE workqueue will be created
> in every suspend->resume cycle.
>
> Fixes: 5a5586112b92 ("net: stmmac: support FPE link partner hand-shaking procedure")
> Signed-off-by: Mohammad Athari Bin Ismail <mohammad.athari.ismail@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

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This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree. Please read:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.

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