linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/10] RTW88: Add support for USB variants

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Date:   Mon, 30 May 2022 12:25:13 +0300
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
To:     Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, Neo Jou <neojou@...il.com>,
        Hans Ulli Kroll <linux@...i-kroll.de>,
        Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@...ltek.com>,
        Yan-Hsuan Chuang <tony0620emma@...il.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>,
        kernel@...gutronix.de, Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] RTW88: Add support for USB variants

Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de> writes:

> Another problem to address is that the driver uses
> ieee80211_iterate_stations_atomic() and
> ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic() and does register accesses
> in the iterator. This doesn't work with USB, so iteration is done in two
> steps now: The ieee80211_iterate_*_atomic() functions are only used to
> collect the stations/interfaces on a list which is then iterated over
> non-atomically in the second step. The implementation for this is
> basically the one suggested by Ping-Ke here:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/423f474e15c948eda4db5bc9a50fd391@realtek.com/

Isn't this racy? What guarantees that vifs are not deleted after
ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic() call?

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