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Subject: Re: [RFC 2/2] wifi: mac80211: use link_id from ieee80211_rx_status
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From:   Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To:     Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <quic_vthiagar@quicinc.com>
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So I'm digging through old email before I declare myself bankrupt on
that ...

> >=20
> > OTOH, could there be races, e.g. while disabling a link?
>=20
> I assume this is for the packets where the received on a
> link which is disabled? May be driver sets that link but
> that link will not be valid in mac80211 while processing
> this packet and the packet will be dropped? Or may be
> a different race you are mentioning?
>=20

Yes that's what I was thinking of.

johannes