linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/20] staging: wfx: align semantic of beacon filter with other filters

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Date:   Thu, 16 Apr 2020 16:52:25 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Jerome Pouiller <Jerome.Pouiller@...abs.com>
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/20] staging: wfx: align semantic of beacon filter with
 other filters

On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 06:11:39PM +0200, Jerome Pouiller wrote:
> From: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@...abs.com>
> 
> Filters provided by HIF API are sometime inclusive, sometime exclusive.
> 
> This patch align the behavior and name of the beacon filter with the
> other filters. Also avoid double negation: "disable filter"

Hooray!  I have been wanting to suggest this every time I see the
->disable_beacon_filter name, especially for patch 7/20.

regards,
dan carpenter