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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 08:40:33 -0500
From: "Limonciello, Mario" <mario.limonciello@....com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V7 4/9] wifi: mac80211: Add support for ACPI WBRF
On 7/24/2023 04:22, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>> @@ -1395,6 +1395,8 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
>> debugfs_hw_add(local);
>> rate_control_add_debugfs(local);
>>
>> + ieee80211_check_wbrf_support(local);
>> +
>> rtnl_lock();
>> wiphy_lock(hw->wiphy);
>>
>
>> +void ieee80211_check_wbrf_support(struct ieee80211_local *local)
>> +{
>> + struct wiphy *wiphy = local->hw.wiphy;
>> + struct device *dev;
>> +
>> + if (!wiphy)
>> + return;
>> +
>> + dev = wiphy->dev.parent;
>> + if (!dev)
>> + return;
>> +
>> + local->wbrf_supported = wbrf_supported_producer(dev);
>> + dev_dbg(dev, "WBRF is %s supported\n",
>> + local->wbrf_supported ? "" : "not");
>> +}
>
> This seems wrong. wbrf_supported_producer() is about "Should this
> device report the frequencies it is using?" The answer to that depends
> on a combination of: Are there consumers registered with the core, and
> is the policy set so WBRF should take actions. >
> The problem here is, you have no idea of the probe order. It could be
> this device probes before others, so wbrf_supported_producer() reports
> false, but a few second later would report true, once other devices
> have probed.
>
> It should be an inexpensive call into the core, so can be made every
> time the channel changes. All the core needs to do is check if the
> list of consumers is empty, and if not, check a Boolean policy value.
>
> Andrew
No, it's not a combination of whether consumers are registered with the
core. If a consumer probes later it needs to know the current in use
frequencies too.
The reason is because of this sequence of events:
1) Producer probes.
2) Producer selects a frequency.
3) Consumer probes.
4) Producer stays at same frequency.
If the producer doesn't notify the frequency because a consumer isn't
yet loaded then the consumer won't be able to get the current frequency.
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