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Re: [patch 0/9] Rate control rework

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> > It does, however, look like the whole rate control code needs a revamp.
> > Looks like Jiri got busy there with krefs too without giving it too much
> > thought... It looks like all that can be converted to RCU just as well
> > as all the other stuff I already converted, I don't see a reason to keep
> > a reference count of the rate control algorithm for each sta.
> 
> What bothers me most is the fact that we have several ways to refer to a
> rate: Either we use struct ieee80211_rate pointers or indices into
> local->oper_hw_mode->rates[]. This is not very consistent. Furthermore,
> there is oper_hw_mode vs scan_hw_mode. So potentially even to rates[].
> That sucks.

Yeah. That cfg80211 rate/channel stuff I had addressed some of it, but
not all, iirc.

johannes

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