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Re: [mac80211] mac80211: Support multiple VIFS per AP in debugfs.

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On Tue, 2010-09-21 at 19:03 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:

> > >>> -	snprintf(mac, sizeof(mac), "%pM", sta->sta.addr);
> > >>> +	snprintf(mac, sizeof(mac), "%pM-%s",
> > >>> +		 sta->sta.addr, sta->sdata->name);
> > >>>
> > >>>    	/*
> > >>>    	 * This might fail due to a race condition:
> > >>
> > >> I got to thinking:  Is there any reason to put the sta.addr in there?
> > >>
> > >> Maybe just use sta->sdata->name?  Seems it might be easier for
> > >> scripts to deal with?
> > >
> > > APs have many STAs
> > 
> > So, when in STA mode, sta_info are related to local VIFs, but
> > in AP mode, they represent the remote wireless devices, with sdata pointing
> > to the local AP interface?
> 
> No, there's a sta_info for each peer, which in STA mode is only the AP.

maybe the stations should be moved from phy0/stations/ to
phy0/wlan0/stations/ instead?

johannes

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