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Re: [PATCH] cfg80211: consider existing DFS interfaces

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On 31 January 2014 14:51, Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-01-29 at 14:22 +0100, Michal Kazior wrote:
>> It was possible to break interface combinations in
>> the following way:
>>
>>  combo 1: iftype = AP, num_ifaces = 2, num_chans = 2,
>>  combo 2: iftype = AP, num_ifaces = 1, num_chans = 1, radar = HT20
>>
>> With the above interface combinations it was
>> possible to:
>>
>>  step 1. start AP on DFS channel by matching combo 2
>>  step 2. start AP on non-DFS channel by matching combo 1
>>
>> This was possible beacuse (step 2) did not consider
>> if other interfaces require radar detection.
>>
>> The patch changes how cfg80211 tracks channels -
>> instead of channel itself now a complete chandef
>> is stored.
>
> Applied.
>
> Do you also want to take this a little further and actually check
> compatibility when checking for channel availability in
> cfg80211_can_use_iftype_chan()? Right now it only checks the channel,
> but cfg80211_get_chan_state() should really not have a channel argument
> but a chandef instead.

I briefly looked at the issue and have seen challenges. Although I'm
not actively implementing it I may end up doing it at some point.


Michał
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