linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] staging: r8188eu: get da from ieee80211

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Message-ID: <YuDeo4qHOqDkdZy9@kroah.com>
Date:   Wed, 27 Jul 2022 08:43:47 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Martin Kaiser <martin@...ser.cx>
Cc:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>,
        Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>,
        Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@...il.com>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] staging: r8188eu: get da from ieee80211_mgmt

On Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 05:39:13PM +0200, Martin Kaiser wrote:
> Define a struct ieee80211_mgmt in the OnAssocRsp function. Read the
> destination address (da) from this struct.

This explains (sortta) what this patch does, but not why you are doing
this.

To me this looks like a step backwards, why is this change needed at
all?

thanks,

greg k-h