* Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan (quic_vthiagar@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
>
>
> On 10/7/2024 4:23 AM, linux@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > cfg80211_background_cac_abort() is unused.
> > It got renamed from cfg80211_offchan_cac_abort by commit
> > a95bfb876fa8 ("cfg80211: rename offchannel_chain structs to background_chain to avoid confusion with ETSI standard")
> >
> > and that was originally added in commit
> > 1507b1531981 ("cfg80211: move offchan_cac_event to a dedicated work")
> > but never used.
> >
> > To me it looks like the queue is still used (I see a queue_work
> > in __cfg80211_radar_event), so I think it's just the wrapper that's
> > unused.
> >
> > Remove cfg80211_background_cac_abort.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > include/net/cfg80211.h | 9 ---------
> > net/wireless/mlme.c | 8 --------
> > 2 files changed, 17 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
> > index 69ec1eb41a09..fd843a519329 100644
> > --- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
> > +++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
> > @@ -8752,15 +8752,6 @@ void cfg80211_cac_event(struct net_device *netdev,
> > enum nl80211_radar_event event, gfp_t gfp,
> > unsigned int link_id);
> > -/**
> > - * cfg80211_background_cac_abort - Channel Availability Check offchan abort event
> > - * @wiphy: the wiphy
> > - *
> > - * This function is called by the driver when a Channel Availability Check
> > - * (CAC) is aborted by a offchannel dedicated chain.
> > - */
> > -void cfg80211_background_cac_abort(struct wiphy *wiphy);
> > -
> > /**
> > * cfg80211_gtk_rekey_notify - notify userspace about driver rekeying
> > * @dev: network device
> > diff --git a/net/wireless/mlme.c b/net/wireless/mlme.c
> > index 4dac81854721..8ec236bbbc7c 100644
> > --- a/net/wireless/mlme.c
> > +++ b/net/wireless/mlme.c
> > @@ -1226,14 +1226,6 @@ void cfg80211_background_cac_abort_wk(struct work_struct *work)
> > NL80211_RADAR_CAC_ABORTED);
> > }
> > -void cfg80211_background_cac_abort(struct wiphy *wiphy)
> > -{
> > - struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev = wiphy_to_rdev(wiphy);
> > -
> > - queue_work(cfg80211_wq, &rdev->background_cac_abort_wk);
> > -}
> > -EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_background_cac_abort);
> > -
>
> We have an internal WIP ath driver implementation for background radar feature
> calling this function to notify the background CAC abort state. There is definitely
> real use case for this function.
OK, fair enough.
What about the other patch?
Dave
> Vasanth
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