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Re: [PATCH 4/7] mac80211: Replace {sw, hw}_scanning variables with a bitfield

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On Thu, 2009-07-23 at 12:46 +0200, Helmut Schaa wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 23. Juli 2009 schrieb Johannes Berg:
> > On Thu, 2009-07-23 at 12:14 +0200, Helmut Schaa wrote:
> > > Use a bitfield to store the current scan mode instead of two boolean
> > > variables {sw,hw}_scanning. This patch does not introduce functional
> > > changes but allows us to enhance the scan flags later (for example
> > > for background scanning).
> > 
> > > +			if (test_bit(SCAN_SW_SCANNING, &local->scanning))
> > 
> > Do we actually need atomic bitops?
> 
> No (at least not yet). That's why I used __set_bit. test_bit seems to not
> have a non-atomic equivalent. Or did you mean not to use *_bit functions
> at all?

Sorry, you're right, I got confused.

johannes

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