Hi, On Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 9:23 PM Alexander Aring <aahringo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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. especially this change could end in invalid free. Maybe we can solve this problem in a different way, what exactly is the problem by helding rtnl lock? - Alex
