netdev - Re: [PATCH] ieee80211_if_set_type: make check for master dev more explicit

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Message-Id: <200710052223.25257.flamingice@sourmilk.net>
Date:	Fri, 5 Oct 2007 22:23:21 -0400
From:	Michael Wu <flamingice@...rmilk.net>
To:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Cc:	Daniel Drake <dsd@...too.org>, johannes@...solutions.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ieee80211_if_set_type: make check for master dev more explicit

On Thursday 04 October 2007 19:02, John W. Linville wrote:
> Alright...better?
>
Yup, thanks.

> The problem is caused by ieee80211_if_set_type checking for a non-zero
> hard_start_xmit pointer value in order to avoid changing that value for
> master devices.  The fix is to make that check more explicitly linked to
> master devices rather than simply checking if the value has been
> previously set.
>
> CC: Daniel Drake <dsd@...too.org>
> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@...driver.com>
Acked-by: Michael Wu <flamingice@...rmilk.net>

-Michael Wu

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