Re: [PATCH 2/2] dma: imx-sdma: Adding tasklet_kill() in sdma_remove function.

From: Vinod Koul
Date: Fri Aug 01 2014 - 12:54:21 EST


On Fri, Aug 01, 2014 at 07:36:53PM +0530, Vignesh Raman wrote:
> On Thursday 31 July 2014 05:32 PM, Vinod Koul wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 06:41:15PM +0530, Vignesh Raman wrote:
> >> Several dma drivers calls tasklet_kill() in remove function. This is missing in
> >> imx driver, so adding tasklet_kill() in sdma_remove function.
> > And why should we do that ?
> >
> This is done because all running tasklets should be killed on remove.

And what prevents is from mentioning this in changelog!

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~Vinod
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