Return-path: Received: from smtp.rutgers.edu ([128.6.72.243]:30623 "EHLO annwn14.rutgers.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757636AbXJDQ6P (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Oct 2007 12:58:15 -0400 From: Michael Wu To: Stephen Hemminger Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Fix TX after monitor interface is converted to managed Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 12:56:15 -0400 Cc: Daniel Drake , linville@tuxdriver.com, johannes@sipsolutions.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org References: <20071004113343.552139D502B@zog.reactivated.net> <20071004085440.008216c6@freepuppy.rosehill> In-Reply-To: <20071004085440.008216c6@freepuppy.rosehill> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart3822380.ChMOfOQO4F"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Message-Id: <200710041256.20995.flamingice@sourmilk.net> (sfid-20071004_175826_596971_08602375) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --nextPart3822380.ChMOfOQO4F Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday 04 October 2007 11:54, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > Playing with the function pointer is a awkward way to do this. Shouldn't > the state management flags be used instead (dormant, running, stop/wake).= =2E. > I am concerned about races and dereferencing the NULL ptr. This is all under RTNL and the pointer is only modified while the interface= is=20 down. =2DMichael Wu --nextPart3822380.ChMOfOQO4F Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBHBRs0T3Oqt9AH4aERAqhjAJwJwuirxBJEqpdxneUd2T0uLq2/CACfaMv4 wL/Xmkli1yjGD62ROVqXWZ8= =7+ee -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3822380.ChMOfOQO4F--