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From: Alexander Aring <aahringo@redhat.com>
To: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
Cc: Alexander Aring <alex.aring@gmail.com>,
	Stefan Schmidt <stefan@datenfreihafen.org>,
	linux-wpan - ML <linux-wpan@vger.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Network Development <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	David Girault <david.girault@qorvo.com>,
	Romuald Despres <romuald.despres@qorvo.com>,
	Frederic Blain <frederic.blain@qorvo.com>,
	Nicolas Schodet <nico@ni.fr.eu.org>,
	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH wpan-next 19/20] ieee802154: hwsim: Do not check the rtnl
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2022 21:23:21 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK-6q+ihSui2ra188kt9W5CT0HPfJgHoOJfsMS_XDLfVvoQJTg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220701143052.1267509-20-miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>

Hi,

On Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 10:37 AM Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com> wrote:
>
> There is no need to ensure the rtnl is locked when changing a driver's
> channel. This cause issues when scanning and this is the only driver
> relying on it. Just drop this dependency because it does not seem
> legitimate.
>

switching channels relies on changing pib attributes, pib attributes
are protected by rtnl. If you experience issues here then it's
probably because you do something wrong. All drivers assuming here
that rtnl lock is held.

- Alex


  reply	other threads:[~2022-07-06  1:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 84+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-07-01 14:30 [PATCH wpan-next 00/20] net: ieee802154: Support scanning/beaconing Miquel Raynal
2022-07-01 14:30 ` [PATCH wpan-next 01/20] net: mac802154: Allow the creation of coordinator interfaces Miquel Raynal
2022-07-06  1:51   ` Alexander Aring
2022-08-19 17:11     ` Miquel Raynal
2022-08-23 12:33       ` Alexander Aring
2022-08-23 16:29         ` Miquel Raynal
2022-08-23 21:44           ` Alexander Aring
2022-08-24  7:35             ` Miquel Raynal
2022-08-24 21:43               ` Alexander Aring
2022-08-25  8:40                 ` Miquel Raynal
2022-08-26  0:51                   ` Alexander Aring
2022-08-26  1:35                     ` Alexander Aring
2022-08-26  8:08                       ` Miquel Raynal
2022-08-29  2:31                         ` Alexander Aring
2022-08-29  8:05                           ` Miquel Raynal
2022-08-26  7:30                     ` Miquel Raynal
2022-08-24 10:20             ` Miquel Raynal
2022-08-24 12:43               ` Alexander Aring
2022-08-24 13:26                 ` Miquel Raynal
2022-08-24 21:53                   ` Alexander Aring
2022-08-25  1:02                     ` Alexander Aring
2022-08-25  8:46                       ` Miquel Raynal
2022-08-25 12:58                     ` Miquel Raynal
2022-08-26  1:05                       ` Alexander Aring
2022-08-26  7:54                         ` Miquel Raynal
2022-08-29  2:52                           ` Alexander Aring
2022-08-29  8:02                             ` Miquel Raynal
2022-08-30  2:23                               ` Alexander Aring
2022-08-31 15:39                                 ` Miquel Raynal
2022-09-01  0:09                                   ` Miquel Raynal
2022-09-01 13:09                                     ` Miquel Raynal
2022-09-02  2:38                                       ` Alexander Aring
2022-09-03  0:08                                         ` Miquel Raynal
2022-09-03 14:20                                           ` Alexander Aring
2022-09-03 14:31                                             ` Alexander Aring
2022-09-03 16:05                                             ` Miquel Raynal
2022-09-03 18:21                                               ` Alexander Aring
2022-09-03 18:29                                                 ` Alexander Aring
2022-09-03 19:07                                               ` Alexander Aring
2022-09-03 19:10                                                 ` Alexander Aring
2022-09-03 19:40                                                   ` Alexander Aring
2022-09-05  3:16                                                     ` Miquel Raynal
2022-09-05 22:35                                                       ` Alexander Aring
2022-09-02  2:23                                     ` Alexander Aring
2022-09-02  2:39                                       ` Alexander Aring
2022-09-02  2:09                                   ` Alexander Aring
2022-07-01 14:30 ` [PATCH wpan-next 02/20] net: ieee802154: Advertize coordinators discovery Miquel Raynal
2022-07-01 14:30 ` [PATCH wpan-next 03/20] net: ieee802154: Handle " Miquel Raynal
2022-07-01 14:30 ` [PATCH wpan-next 04/20] net: ieee802154: Trace the registration of new PANs Miquel Raynal
2022-07-01 14:30 ` [PATCH wpan-next 05/20] net: ieee802154: Define frame types Miquel Raynal
2022-07-11  2:06   ` Alexander Aring
2022-08-19 17:13     ` Miquel Raynal
2022-07-01 14:30 ` [PATCH wpan-next 06/20] net: ieee802154: Add support for user scanning requests Miquel Raynal
2022-07-01 14:30 ` [PATCH wpan-next 07/20] net: ieee802154: Define a beacon frame header Miquel Raynal
2022-07-01 14:30 ` [PATCH wpan-next 08/20] net: mac802154: Prepare forcing specific symbol duration Miquel Raynal
2022-07-01 14:30 ` [PATCH wpan-next 09/20] net: mac802154: Introduce a global device lock Miquel Raynal
2022-07-04  1:12   ` Alexander Aring
2022-08-19 17:06     ` Miquel Raynal
2022-07-01 14:30 ` [PATCH wpan-next 10/20] net: mac802154: Handle passive scanning Miquel Raynal
2022-07-15  3:33   ` Alexander Aring
2022-07-15  3:42     ` Alexander Aring
2022-08-19 17:22       ` Miquel Raynal
2022-08-01 23:42     ` Alexander Aring
2022-08-01 23:54       ` Alexander Aring
2022-07-01 14:30 ` [PATCH wpan-next 11/20] net: ieee802154: Add support for user beaconing requests Miquel Raynal
2022-07-01 14:30 ` [PATCH wpan-next 12/20] net: mac802154: Handle basic beaconing Miquel Raynal
2022-07-01 14:30 ` [PATCH wpan-next 13/20] net: ieee802154: Add support for user active scan requests Miquel Raynal
2022-07-01 14:30 ` [PATCH wpan-next 14/20] net: mac802154: Handle active scanning Miquel Raynal
2022-07-01 14:30 ` [PATCH wpan-next 15/20] net: ieee802154: Add support for allowing to answer BEACON_REQ Miquel Raynal
2022-07-01 14:30 ` [PATCH wpan-next 16/20] net: mac802154: Handle received BEACON_REQ Miquel Raynal
2022-07-01 14:30 ` [PATCH wpan-next 17/20] net: ieee802154: Handle limited devices with only datagram support Miquel Raynal
2022-07-15  3:16   ` Alexander Aring
2022-08-19 17:13     ` Miquel Raynal
2022-08-23 12:43       ` Alexander Aring
2022-07-01 14:30 ` [PATCH wpan-next 18/20] ieee802154: ca8210: Flag the driver as being limited Miquel Raynal
2022-07-01 14:30 ` [PATCH wpan-next 19/20] ieee802154: hwsim: Do not check the rtnl Miquel Raynal
2022-07-06  1:23   ` Alexander Aring [this message]
2022-08-01 23:58     ` Alexander Aring
2022-08-19 17:09     ` Miquel Raynal
2022-08-25 22:41       ` Miquel Raynal
2022-07-01 14:30 ` [PATCH wpan-next 20/20] ieee802154: hwsim: Allow devices to be coordinators Miquel Raynal
2022-07-11  2:01   ` Alexander Aring
2022-08-19 17:12     ` Miquel Raynal
2022-07-04  1:17 ` [PATCH wpan-next 00/20] net: ieee802154: Support scanning/beaconing Alexander Aring

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