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Re: [PATCH] wifi: mac80211: check the control channel before downgrading the bandwidth

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Hi,

> It matters because Extender's STA interface's ifmgd->flags is changed
> during bandwidth downgrading and remains changed to the next
> association.

OK but then _that_ seems like the problem here, no?

> Since there is no way to reset ifmgd->flags after bandwidth
> downgrading, we check the control channel before downgrading the
> bandwidth. If the control channels are different, we directly fail the
> association.
> 

Right, but what if you had an association to some other AP, or two
chanctxes were allowed, or something else?

I feel we should probably instead just reset these ifmgd->flags before
association, or so?

johannes




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