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Re: [PATCH 3.14] mac80211: fix AP powersave TX vs. wakeup race

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On Thu, 2014-02-20 at 10:21 +0100, Stanislaw Gruszka wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 09:52:45AM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > +
> > +		/* sync with ieee80211_sta_ps_deliver_wakeup */
> > +		spin_lock(&sta->ps_lock);
> > +		/*
> > +		 * STA woke up the meantime and all the frames on ps_tx_buf have
> > +		 * been queued to pending queue. No reordering can happen, go
> > +		 * ahead and Tx the packet.
> > +		 */
> > +		if (!test_sta_flag(sta, WLAN_STA_PS_STA)) {
> > +			spin_unlock(&sta->ps_lock);
> 
> Actually I'm not sure if we should check if both WLAN_STA_PS_DRIVER 
> and WLAN_STA_PS_STA flags are clear ?

This area is a bit confusing, but I don't think WLAN_STA_PS_STA will be
clear until after WLAN_STA_PS_DRIVER is?

johannes

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