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Re: [PATCH 2/2] mac80211: in mgmt_tx use the current channel if none has been specified

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On Mon, 2013-06-03 at 20:03 +0200, Antonio Quartulli wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 03, 2013 at 05:01:30PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > On Mon, 2013-06-03 at 08:39 +0200, Antonio Quartulli wrote:
> > 
> > > @@ -2845,6 +2852,10 @@ static int ieee80211_mgmt_tx(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev,
> > >  		rcu_read_lock();
> > >  		chanctx_conf = rcu_dereference(sdata->vif.chanctx_conf);
> > >  
> > > +		/* if no channel was specified, use the current one */
> > > +		if (chanctx_conf && !chan)
> > > +			chan = chanctx_conf->def.chan;
> > > +
> > >  		if (chanctx_conf)
> > >  			need_offchan = chan != chanctx_conf->def.chan;
> > >  		else
> > > @@ -2852,6 +2863,12 @@ static int ieee80211_mgmt_tx(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev,
> > >  		rcu_read_unlock();
> > >  	}
> > >  
> > > +	/* at this point a channel should have been chosen */
> > > +	if (!chan) {
> > > +		ret = -EINVAL;
> > > +		goto out_unlock;
> > > +	}
> > > +
> > 
> > These two changes make no sense at all. If you look at the function
> > you'll see that "chan" isn't used at all after the check, 
> 
> uhm? it is passed to ieee80211_start_roc_work() right after (this part has not
> been changed).

> 2904         ret = ieee80211_start_roc_work(local, sdata, chan,

No, you can't get there without need_offchan.

johannes

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