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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: check add_chanctx callback before use in ieee80211_reconfig

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hi Arend,

On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Arend van Spriel <arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> During testing our mac80211 driver a fatal error occurred which was
> signalled to mac80211. Upon performing the reconfiguration of the
> device a WARN_ON was triggered. This warning checked the return value
> of drv_add_chanctx(). However, this returns -EOPNOTSUPP when the
> driver does not provide the callback. As the callback is optional
> better check it is defined before calling drv_add_chanctx().
>
> Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

> +       if (local->ops->add_chanctx) {
> +               mutex_lock(&local->chanctx_mtx);
> +               list_for_each_entry(ctx, &local->chanctx_list, list)
> +                       WARN_ON(drv_add_chanctx(local, ctx));
> +               mutex_unlock(&local->chanctx_mtx);
> +       }

i think checking local->use_chanctx is a bit cleaner.

Eliad.
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