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Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] ath10k: implement chanctx API

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On 30 January 2015 at 13:45, Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 2015-01-30 at 13:31 +0100, Michal Kazior wrote:
>
>> +     INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ar->arctxs);
>>       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ar->arvifs);
>
> I'm not sure why you have an interface list, but I'd say you don't need
> either since you have enumeration APIs:
>
> ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces[_atomic,...]
>
> and
>
> ieee80211_iter_chan_contexts_atomic
>
> :)

I recall that at least there's one case where using these helpers is
impossible: drv_config() which can be called while mac80211 is already
holding iflist_mtx. ath10k needs to iterate over vifs and issue
blocking commands sometimes so it can't use atomic/rcu versions
either.


Michał
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