Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] wifi: mwifiex: Fix premature release of RF calibration data.

[Francesco Dolcini]

On Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 04:43:33PM +0000, Jeff Chen wrote:
> From: Francesco Dolcini <francesco@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 01:07:38PM +0800, Jeff Chen wrote:
> > > This patch resolves an issue where RF calibration data was being
> > > released before the download process. Without this fix, the external
> > > calibration data file would not be downloaded at all.
> > >
> > > Fixes: d39fbc88956e ("mwifiex: remove cfg_data construction")
> > > Signed-off-by: Jeff Chen <jeff.chen_1@xxxxxxx>
> > 
> > The code looks ok to me, however I do not understand the commit you
> > selected as fixes tag.
> > 
> > From what I understand releasing the data before using it was done since the
> > initial commit 388ec385d5ce ("mwifiex: add calibration data download
> > feature"). What am I missing?
> 
> Thank you for reviewing the patch. You are correct-the Fixes tag I included was incorrect.
> After re-examining the issue, I found that the premature release of RF calibration data 
> cannot be reproduced, which invalidates the problem statement for this patch.  
> 
> I have decided to withdraw the patch. I appreciate your feedback and attention to detail, 
> which helped identify this oversight.  

To me the code change is correct, and it is also merged in wireless-next. No
reason to drop it because of my comment on the fixes tag.

Brian: are you ok with that?

Francesco