Re: [PATCH wpan-next 04/11] mac802154: Handle associating

[Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>]

Hi Simon,

simon.horman@corigine.com wrote on Fri, 2 Jun 2023 17:54:40 +0200:

> On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 05:48:10PM +0200, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> > Joining a PAN officially goes by associating with a coordinator. This
> > coordinator may have been discovered thanks to the beacons it sent in
> > the past. Add support to the MAC layer for these associations, which
> > require:
> > - Sending an association request
> > - Receiving an association response
> > 
> > The association response contains the association status, eventually a
> > reason if the association was unsuccessful, and finally a short address
> > that we should use for intra-PAN communication from now on, if we
> > required one (which is the default, and not yet configurable).
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>  
> 
> ...
> 
> > diff --git a/net/ieee802154/core.c b/net/ieee802154/core.c
> > index cd69bdbfd59f..8bf01bb7e858 100644
> > --- a/net/ieee802154/core.c
> > +++ b/net/ieee802154/core.c
> > @@ -198,6 +198,18 @@ void wpan_phy_free(struct wpan_phy *phy)
> >  }
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL(wpan_phy_free);
> >  
> > +static void cfg802154_free_peer_structures(struct wpan_dev *wpan_dev)
> > +{
> > +	mutex_lock(&wpan_dev->association_lock);
> > +
> > +	if (wpan_dev->parent)
> > +		kfree(wpan_dev->parent);  
> 
> Hi Miquel,
> 
> a minor nit from my side: There no need to check for NULL before calling
> kfree, because kfree will do nothing with a NULL argument.

Sorry for the delay, yes of course, I will drop the extra check.

Thanks,
Miquèl