Hi, > Do you mean it shouldn't be allowed to set mcast rate when dev > is stopped, > Probably? > as in the following code? > > --- a/net/wireless/rdev-ops.h > +++ b/net/wireless/rdev-ops.h > @@ -1229,7 +1229,7 @@ rdev_set_mcast_rate(struct > cfg80211_registered_device *rdev, > int ret = -ENOTSUPP; > > trace_rdev_set_mcast_rate(&rdev->wiphy, dev, mcast_rate); > - if (rdev->ops->set_mcast_rate) > + if (rdev->ops->set_mcast_rate && netif_running(dev)) > ret = rdev->ops->set_mcast_rate(&rdev->wiphy, dev, > Certainly not. Please don't do random patches without looking at the subsystem as a whole. If you don't want to take the time to understand how things work in wireless, then better don't send patches at all. johannes
