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Re: [RFC 1/3] mac80211: make scan_sdata pointer usable with RCU

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On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Johannes Berg
<johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Making the scan_sdata pointer usable with RCU makes
> it possible to dereference it in the RX path to see
> if a received frame actually matches the interface
> that is scanning. This is just preparations, making
> the pointer __rcu.

I noticed no synchronize_rcu() in the start/stop scan calls. Good/bad idea?
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