netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH] wifi: free SKBTX_WIFI_STATUS skb tx

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Message-ID: <ca3dc0f08de0f7ba251e7e481c3a9c107a2bde0c.camel@sipsolutions.net>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 09:41:08 +0200
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To: Jason Xing <kerneljasonxing@...il.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] wifi: free SKBTX_WIFI_STATUS skb tx_flags flag

On Sun, 2025-04-27 at 07:55 +0800, Jason Xing wrote:
> Hi Johannes,
> 
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net> wrote:
> > 
> > From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
> > 
> > Someone mentioned today at netdevconf that we've run out of
> > tx_flags in the skb_shinfo(). Gain one bit back by removing
> > the wifi bit. We should be able to do that because the only
> > userspace application for it (hostapd) doesn't change the
> > setting on the socket, it just uses different sockets, and
> > normally doesn't even use this any more, sending the frames
> > over nl80211 instead.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
> 
> Do you have plans to repost it recently in net-next? I'm going to
> implement the rx path for BFP timestamping based on this patch :)

Oh since everyone seemed in favour I actually just put it in my tree.
Will be part of the wireless-next pull request when I send it soon.

johannes