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From: Pradeep Kumar Chitrapu <pradeepc@codeaurora.org>
To: Karthikeyan periyasamy <periyasa@codeaurora.org>
Cc: ath11k@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
	John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>,
	pradeepc=codeaurora.org@codeaurora.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V8 1/3] ath11k: switch to using ieee80211_tx_status_ext()
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2021 05:56:26 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <c369ab155fe070ffc9c129662a3e71c8@codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <183cd636909cec0b8d20da8515c146ab@codeaurora.org>

On 2021-03-18 22:31, Karthikeyan periyasamy wrote:
>> -	ieee80211_tx_status(ar->hw, msdu);
>> +	spin_lock_bh(&ab->base_lock);
>> +	peer = ath11k_peer_find_by_id(ab, ts->peer_id);
>> +	if (peer) {
>> +		arsta = (struct ath11k_sta *)peer->sta->drv_priv;
>> +		status.sta = peer->sta;
>> +		status.skb = msdu;
>> +		status.info = info;
>> +		status.rate = &arsta->last_txrate;
> 
> Assigning arsta holded last_txrate pointer to status.rate create race
> condition problem b/w sta delete and ieee80211_tx_status_ext, no ?
> Hw we ensure that arsta pointer is valid until
> ieee80211_tx_status_ext() processing?
> 
> Instead why don't we have local struct rate_info and assign like below
> code snippet
> 
>         struct rate_info rate;
> ...
>         rate = arsta->last_txrate;
>         status.rate = &rate;
> 
> Thanks,
> Karthikeyan P
Thanks Karthikeyan, I have addressed this in V9..

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From: Pradeep Kumar Chitrapu <pradeepc@codeaurora.org>
To: Karthikeyan periyasamy <periyasa@codeaurora.org>
Cc: ath11k@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
	John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>,
	pradeepc=codeaurora.org@codeaurora.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V8 1/3] ath11k: switch to using ieee80211_tx_status_ext()
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2021 05:56:26 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <c369ab155fe070ffc9c129662a3e71c8@codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <183cd636909cec0b8d20da8515c146ab@codeaurora.org>

On 2021-03-18 22:31, Karthikeyan periyasamy wrote:
>> -	ieee80211_tx_status(ar->hw, msdu);
>> +	spin_lock_bh(&ab->base_lock);
>> +	peer = ath11k_peer_find_by_id(ab, ts->peer_id);
>> +	if (peer) {
>> +		arsta = (struct ath11k_sta *)peer->sta->drv_priv;
>> +		status.sta = peer->sta;
>> +		status.skb = msdu;
>> +		status.info = info;
>> +		status.rate = &arsta->last_txrate;
> 
> Assigning arsta holded last_txrate pointer to status.rate create race
> condition problem b/w sta delete and ieee80211_tx_status_ext, no ?
> Hw we ensure that arsta pointer is valid until
> ieee80211_tx_status_ext() processing?
> 
> Instead why don't we have local struct rate_info and assign like below
> code snippet
> 
>         struct rate_info rate;
> ...
>         rate = arsta->last_txrate;
>         status.rate = &rate;
> 
> Thanks,
> Karthikeyan P
Thanks Karthikeyan, I have addressed this in V9..

  reply	other threads:[~2021-04-04 12:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-03-18 22:09 [PATCH V8 0/3] ath11k: add HE radiotap header support Pradeep Kumar Chitrapu
2021-03-18 22:09 ` Pradeep Kumar Chitrapu
2021-03-18 22:09 ` [PATCH V8 1/3] ath11k: switch to using ieee80211_tx_status_ext() Pradeep Kumar Chitrapu
2021-03-18 22:09   ` Pradeep Kumar Chitrapu
2021-03-19  5:31   ` Karthikeyan periyasamy
2021-03-19  5:31     ` Karthikeyan periyasamy
2021-04-04 12:56     ` Pradeep Kumar Chitrapu [this message]
2021-04-04 12:56       ` Pradeep Kumar Chitrapu
2021-03-18 22:09 ` [PATCH V8 2/3] ath11k: decode HE status tlv Pradeep Kumar Chitrapu
2021-03-18 22:09   ` Pradeep Kumar Chitrapu
2021-03-18 22:09 ` [PATCH V8 3/3] ath11k: translate HE status to radiotap format Pradeep Kumar Chitrapu
2021-03-18 22:09   ` Pradeep Kumar Chitrapu

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