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Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] cfg80211: add channel switch notify event

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On Fri, 2012-04-06 at 13:35 -0700, Thomas Pedersen wrote:

>  /*
> + * cfg80211_ch_switch_notify - update wdev channel and notify userspace
> + * @dev: the device which switched channels
> + * @freq: new channel frequency (in MHz)
> + * @type: channel type
> + *
> + * Acquires wdev_lock, so must only be called from sleepable driver context!
> + */
> +void cfg80211_ch_switch_notify(struct net_device *dev, int freq,
> +			       enum nl80211_channel_type type);

I think this could be a bit more detailed -- the driver authors won't
know what wdev_lock is (nor care), but the other consequence of it is
that the function absolutely must not be called in the context of a
cfg80211 call into the driver.

johannes

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