Re: [PATCH wpan-next 19/20] ieee802154: hwsim: Do not check the rtnl

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Hi,

On Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 10:37 AM Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> There is no need to ensure the rtnl is locked when changing a driver's
> channel. This cause issues when scanning and this is the only driver
> relying on it. Just drop this dependency because it does not seem
> legitimate.
>

switching channels relies on changing pib attributes, pib attributes
are protected by rtnl. If you experience issues here then it's
probably because you do something wrong. All drivers assuming here
that rtnl lock is held.

- Alex




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