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Re: [PATCH] wifi: mac80211: validate link status before deciding on off channel Tx

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On Tue, 2024-03-26 at 11:27 +0530, Aditya Kumar Singh wrote:
> On 3/26/24 09:58, Aditya Kumar Singh wrote:
> > > Can you fix
> > > that too? And if you fix that ... yeah we probably still should have
> > > this patch but ... _without_ this:
> > > 
> > 
> > Sure let me try to fix that as well. So here's what Im planning -
> > 1. Separate the ether_addr changes into a separate independent patch.
> > 2. Patch series to fix the active flag handling at link level.
> 
> Upon checking further, I see -
> 
> If we fix the setting of the flag only when first link comes up and 
> reset it only when last link is removed, then probably there is no need 
> to add separate handler - ieee80211_is_link_bss_active() to check if 
> any one link is active or not.
> 
> FWIW, the purpose of the new function introduced is to check if at least 
> one of the link is active. And now if the flag is set, this ultimately 
> means that one link is at least active. So we do not need to go and 
> check in each link again right?
> 
Yes, which is why I even noticed the whole mess with 'active'.

johannes





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