Re: [PATCH v4] wifi: mac80211: fix monitor mode frame capture for real chanctx drivers

[Óscar Alfonso Díaz]

I tested it on 6.18.12

Let me know if you need me to test it again or whatever. I remember
during my testing with the Brite's different patches that is not the
same testing it on 6.18.x than 6.19 . Some stuff changed and the patch
needed to be different. I've added Brite to the thread, he can add
more useful data for you.

Regarding the approach of fixing the bug on the driver side... I've
emailed and contacted by IRC to Lorenzo explaining the problem... but
I got no response. So if we feel yet like this is something that needs
to be fixed from the "driver side"... how to say it softly... we are
f***ed up :) . Maybe the "hack" way dealing with the vif null var is
not bad idea after all as it seems the only way to move forward.

Let me know if somebody needs more testing.

Thanks.
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El mié, 20 may 2026 a las 9:42, Johannes Berg
(<johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>) escribió:
>
> On Wed, 2026-05-20 at 08:49 +0200, Óscar Alfonso Díaz wrote:
> > Let me know if any testing of a concrete patch is needed when you feel
> > it is completely fixed.
>
> I guess Devin is saying it's fixed, and I'm saying it's the same as mine
> so can't be really fixed unless something else happened in the kernel.
>
> Do you recall which kernel version you tested with? (I don't.) Perhaps
> something else in the kernel changed and it's now OK to make this
> change, but we know it wasn't working when you tested before, and I'd
> rather have it not work than crash.
>
> johannes