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From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] mac80211:  Allow scanning single channel if other VIF is associated.
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:03:56 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1285779836.3756.26.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4CA3704E.1070702@candelatech.com>

On Wed, 2010-09-29 at 09:58 -0700, Ben Greear wrote:

> >> +			if (!(wk->chan == local->scan_channel ||
> >> +			      (wk->chan == local->oper_channel&&
> >
> > I don't think work items will ever run while scanning? And also, this
> > might need to check the channel type as well, which isn't quite
> > necessary right now (since no works requires HT channels) but would seem
> > cleaner.
> 
> Just in case work ever does happen when scanning, I think we should
> leave this check in.

I think we'll have bigger problems if that happens, since scanning will
switch away from the channel again quickly, likely before the work
finishes. I'd rather add an assertion that it _doesn't_ happen, I think.

johannes


  reply	other threads:[~2010-09-29 17:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-09-28 21:17 [PATCH v3] mac80211: Allow scanning single channel if other VIF is associated greearb
2010-09-29  7:02 ` Johannes Berg
2010-09-29 15:30   ` Ben Greear
2010-09-29 16:48     ` Johannes Berg
2010-09-29 16:58       ` Ben Greear
2010-09-29 17:03         ` Johannes Berg [this message]
2010-09-29 17:44       ` Ben Greear
2010-09-29 18:05         ` Johannes Berg

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