Re: [PATCH 1/2] wifi: cfg80211: Add beacon hint notifier support

From: Youghandhar Chintala (Temp)
Date: Wed Feb 15 2023 - 06:26:57 EST



On 1/18/2023 10:00 PM, Johannes Berg wrote:
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -5386,6 +5386,8 @@ struct wiphy {
void (*reg_notifier)(struct wiphy *wiphy,
struct regulatory_request *request);
+ void (*beacon_hint_notifier)(struct wiphy *wiphy);

missing documentation, for sure
I will add the missed documentation in next version of patch.
Also this should probably be in the ops, rather than here? Not sure why
reg_notifier is here.
I followed reg_notifier implementation.
- if (channel_changed)
+ if (channel_changed) {
nl80211_send_beacon_hint_event(wiphy, &chan_before, chan);
+ if (wiphy->beacon_hint_notifier)
+ wiphy->beacon_hint_notifier(wiphy);
+ }
This also seems excessive if you're not even passing the channel - you
call it for every (affected) channel, but you don't tell it anything
about the channel? Seems strange.
I will address this in next version of patch.


However ...

Why is this even needed? You should always get reg_notifier after this
anyway?

johannes

Currently when channel flag changed through the beacon hints are not informed to driver.

reg_notifier will be triggered for regdomain changes but not for channel flag changes due to beacon hints.

Regards,
Youghandhar