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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: fix radar_enabled propagation

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On Fri, 2014-04-04 at 13:02 +0200, Michal Kazior wrote:
> If chandef had non-HT width it was possible for
> radar_enabled update to not be propagated properly
> through drv_config(). This happened because
> ieee80211_hw_conf_chan() would never see different
> local->hw.conf.chandef and local->_oper_chandef.
> 
> This wasn't a problem with HT chandefs because
> _oper_chandef width is reset to non-HT in
> ieee80211_free_chanctx() making
> ieee80211_hw_conf_chan() to kick in.
> 
> This problem led (at least) ath10k to not start
> CAC if prior CAC was cancelled and both CACs were
> requested for identical non-HT chandefs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/mac80211/chan.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/mac80211/chan.c b/net/mac80211/chan.c
> index 122033d..b472daa 100644
> --- a/net/mac80211/chan.c
> +++ b/net/mac80211/chan.c
> @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ ieee80211_new_chanctx(struct ieee80211_local *local,
>  
>  	if (!local->use_chanctx) {
>  		local->_oper_chandef = *chandef;
> -		ieee80211_hw_config(local, 0);
> +		ieee80211_hw_config(local, IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_CHANNEL);

I'm not convinced that this is the right way to do this - couldn't
ieee80211_hw_conf_chan() detect the radar detection requirement change?

johannes

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