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Re: [PATCH 4/5] mwl8k: prevent crash in ->configure_filter() if no interface was added

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On Tue, 2009-08-04 at 01:46 +0200, Lennert Buytenhek wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 10:03:10PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> 
> > >  	if (changed_flags & FIF_BCN_PRBRESP_PROMISC) {
> > >  		if (*total_flags & FIF_BCN_PRBRESP_PROMISC)
> > >  			rc = mwl8k_cmd_set_pre_scan(hw);
> > >  		else {
> > > -			mv_vif = MWL8K_VIF(priv->vif);
> > > -			rc = mwl8k_cmd_set_post_scan(hw, mv_vif->bssid);
> > 
> > Btw, there are pre- and post-scan hooks now.
> 
> These hardware commands are slightly misnamed -- they are called
> PRE_SCAN/POST_SCAN, but what they do is program the receive filter.
> It seems appropriate to keep that in ->configure_filter() ?

I guess it depends how they configure the filter. :)
If they really do the beacon/probe response filter thing then yes. For
b43, for instance, they also disable CFP updates etc. so aren't just
that. And you can get FIF_BCN_PRBRESP_PROMISC even while _not_ scanning,
due to monitor interfaces, so it really depends what they do (no CFP
disabling wanted then).

johannes

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