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From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
To:     <Ajay.Kathat@microchip.com>
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        <Sripad.Balwadgi@microchip.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] wilc1000: fix crash observed in AP mode with cfg80211_register_netdevice()
References: <20220504161924.2146601-1-ajay.kathat@microchip.com>
        <20220504161924.2146601-3-ajay.kathat@microchip.com>
Date:   Mon, 09 May 2022 14:50:46 +0300
In-Reply-To: <20220504161924.2146601-3-ajay.kathat@microchip.com> (Ajay
        Kathat's message of "Wed, 4 May 2022 16:19:26 +0000")
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<Ajay.Kathat@microchip.com> writes:

> From: Ajay Singh <ajay.kathat@microchip.com>
>
> Monitor(mon.) interface is used for handling the AP mode and 'ieee80211_ptr'
> reference is not getting set for it. Like earlier implementation,
> use register_netdevice() instead of cfg80211_register_netdevice() which
> expects valid 'ieee80211_ptr' reference to avoid the possible crash.
>
> Fixes: 2fe8ef106238 ("cfg80211: change netdev registration/unregistration semantics")
> Signed-off-by: Ajay Singh <ajay.kathat@microchip.com>

Is there a reason why wilc1000 does not use ieee8011_ptr? And what
earlier implementation are you referring to?

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