From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from purkki.adurom.net ([80.68.90.206]:40853 "EHLO purkki.adurom.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753316Ab2B2Ig3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:36:29 -0500 From: Kalle Valo To: Ronald Wahl Cc: Johannes Berg , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Occasional truncated scan results References: <4F4CE4D6.6020108@raritan.com> <1330440166.3368.7.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> <4F4CEFA6.2090005@raritan.com> <1330442659.3368.13.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> <4F4CF454.8050207@raritan.com> Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:36:27 +0200 In-Reply-To: <4F4CF454.8050207@raritan.com> (Ronald Wahl's message of "Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:35:48 +0100") Message-ID: <87linmavec.fsf@purkki.adurom.net> (sfid-20120229_093633_268744_44BEBE5B) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Ronald Wahl writes: >> Ok. Yes, this could be fixed by making sure that a single BSS is >> atomically written or not written -- probably simply by rolling back at >> the end of the function if it didn't fit and returning an error etc. If >> you wanted to work on this, I'd review& accept the patch, but I have no >> intention whatsoever to do this myself :-) > > I'll first check if I can use the nl80211 interface in all cases. If > not I'll probably come up with a patch. Thanks! Even if switching to nl80211 would require a lot of effort from you I still strongly recommend switching. That will save you a lot of time in the future and the investment will surely pay back. PHBs like that :) -- Kalle Valo