[PATCH] Bug Fix: 2.6.{5,6,7-rc1}: i8042 module unload bug

[Sau Dan Lee <danlee@informatik.uni-freiburg.de>]

I'm wondering why 2.6.7-rc1 does NOT contain the following patch.

        See: http://lkml.org/lkml/2004/5/10/63


--- linux-2.6.7-rc1/drivers/input/serio/i8042.c
+++ linux-2.6.7-rc1.i8042-shutdown-fix/drivers/input/serio/i8042.c
@@ -990,24 +990,28 @@
 	unregister_reboot_notifier(&i8042_notifier);
 
 	if (i8042_pm_dev)
 		pm_unregister(i8042_pm_dev);
 
 	if (i8042_sysdev_initialized) {
 		sysdev_unregister(&device_i8042);
 		sysdev_class_unregister(&kbc_sysclass);
 	}
 
-	del_timer_sync(&i8042_timer);
-
 	i8042_controller_cleanup();
 	
+	/* we must delete the timer AFTER the i8042 chip is cleaned up,
+	   so as to prevent any more interrupts to invoke i8042_interrupt()
+	   which then schedules newer timer events.
+	*/
+	del_timer_sync(&i8042_timer);
+
 	if (i8042_kbd_values.exists)
 		serio_unregister_port(&i8042_kbd_port);
 
 	if (i8042_aux_values.exists)
 		serio_unregister_port(&i8042_aux_port);
 	
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
 		if (i8042_mux_values[i].exists)
 			serio_unregister_port(i8042_mux_port + i);
 



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