Re: [v1] wifi: mwifiex: Fix interface type change

From: Francesco Dolcini
Date: Fri May 17 2024 - 04:13:40 EST


On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 08:04:24AM +0000, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Francesco Dolcini <francesco@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > From: Rafael Beims <rafael.beims@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > When changing the interface type we also need to update the bss_num, the
> > driver private data is searched based on a unique (bss_type, bss_num)
> > tuple, therefore every time bss_type changes, bss_num must also change.
> >
> > This fixes for example an issue in which, after the mode changed, a
> > wireless scan on the changed interface would not finish, leading to
> > repeated -EBUSY messages to userspace when other scan requests were
> > sent.
> >
> > Fixes: c606008b7062 ("mwifiex: Properly initialize private structure on interface type changes")
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Rafael Beims <rafael.beims@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> BTW I removed the Reviewed-by from the commit message, I don't see the need to
> have both Reviewed-by and s-o-b.

Sure, I was in doubt about this, in the end I added it because I have seen
this done in other subsystems, e.g. commit 6a4020b4c639 ("drm/bridge:
tc358768: fix PLL parameters computation").

Thanks
Francesco