Re: [PATCH] nl80211: remove reload flag from regulatory_request

[Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>]

On Wed, Dec 01, 2021 at 01:49:18PM +0100, Finn Behrens wrote:
> This removes the previously unused reload flag, which was introduced in
> 1eda919126b4.
> The request is handled as NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_CORE, which is parsed
> unconditionally.
> 
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> Reported-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
> Fixes: 1eda919126b4 ("nl80211: reset regdom when reloading regdb")
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/YaZuKYM5bfWe2Urn@archlinux-ax161/
> Signed-off-by: Finn Behrens <me@kloenk.de>

Thank you for the quick patch, it seems to make sense to me.

Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>

> ---
> Hi,
> 
> I removed the reload flag, and set it to NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_CORE, as
> it already was by accident.
> 
> Thanks,
> Finn
> 
>  include/net/regulatory.h | 1 -
>  net/wireless/reg.c       | 6 ++----
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/net/regulatory.h b/include/net/regulatory.h
> index 0cf9335431e0..47f06f6f5a67 100644
> --- a/include/net/regulatory.h
> +++ b/include/net/regulatory.h
> @@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ struct regulatory_request {
>  	enum nl80211_dfs_regions dfs_region;
>  	bool intersect;
>  	bool processed;
> -	bool reload;
>  	enum environment_cap country_ie_env;
>  	struct list_head list;
>  };
> diff --git a/net/wireless/reg.c b/net/wireless/reg.c
> index 61f1bf1bc4a7..8148a3b5f607 100644
> --- a/net/wireless/reg.c
> +++ b/net/wireless/reg.c
> @@ -1134,9 +1134,8 @@ int reg_reload_regdb(void)
>  	request->wiphy_idx = WIPHY_IDX_INVALID;
>  	request->alpha2[0] = current_regdomain->alpha2[0];
>  	request->alpha2[1] = current_regdomain->alpha2[1];
> -	request->initiator = NL80211_USER_REG_HINT_USER;
> +	request->initiator = NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_CORE;
>  	request->user_reg_hint_type = NL80211_USER_REG_HINT_USER;
> -	request->reload = true;
>  
>  	reg_process_hint(request);
>  
> @@ -2712,8 +2711,7 @@ reg_process_hint_user(struct regulatory_request *user_request)
>  
>  	treatment = __reg_process_hint_user(user_request);
>  	if (treatment == REG_REQ_IGNORE ||
> -	    (treatment == REG_REQ_ALREADY_SET &&
> -	     !user_request->reload))
> +	    treatment == REG_REQ_ALREADY_SET)
>  		return REG_REQ_IGNORE;
>  
>  	user_request->intersect = treatment == REG_REQ_INTERSECT;
> -- 
> 2.31.1
>