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Re: [PATCH 10/27] wifi: mac80211: isolate driver from inactive links

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On Tue, 2023-04-18 at 17:44 +0800, Wen Gong wrote:
> On 4/18/2023 5:38 PM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > On Tue, 2023-04-18 at 17:37 +0800, Wen Gong wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > > > > the sdata->u.mgd.assoc_data is NOT empty,
> > > > > 
> > > > > and the sdata->u.mgd.assoc_data->link[link_id].addr is valid,
> > > > > 
> > > > > it is addr by eth_random_addr(assoc_data->link[i].addr) in
> > > > > ieee80211_mgd_assoc().
> > > > > 
> > > > Exactly, so we've already decided on the address long before we actually
> > > > add the link data structure, so your callback would be much too late.
> > > > We'd need to have it called from ieee80211_mgd_assoc() already?
> > > For the 2nd link, is it OK for me to use the random addr which is set in
> > > ieee80211_mgd_assoc().
> > > 
> > > I only need to set the 1st assoc link in low driver.
> > > 
> > Ah. But does it make sense to restrict the API for that? I mean, if you
> > just change the prototype a little bit and call it without the link
> > conf, you can easily solve this problem too, no?
> Sorry, I am not sure how to solve this problem by remove the link conf 
> in prototype.

Why, then you can have an output parameter for the address, and call it
in mac80211 wherever it calls eth_random_addr() today, no?

johannes
> 




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