[PATCH v2] wifi: ath11k: mac: fix struct ieee80211_sband_iftype_data handling

[Kalle Valo]

Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson at quicinc.com> writes:

> On 9/26/2023 9:33 AM, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> From: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo at quicinc.com>
>> Commit e8c1841278a7 ("wifi: cfg80211: annotate iftype_data pointer
>> with
>> sparse") added sparse checks for struct ieee80211_sband_iftype_data handling
>> which immediately found an issue in ath11k:
>> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c:7952:22: warning: incorrect
>> type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
>> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c:7952:22:    expected struct ieee80211_sta_he_cap const *he_cap
>> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c:7952:22:    got struct ieee80211_sta_he_cap const [noderef] __iftype_data *
>> The problem here is that we are accessing sband->iftype_data
>> directly even
>> though we should use for_each_sband_iftype_data() or similar. Fortunately
>> there's ieee80211_get_he_iftype_cap_vif() which is just we need here so use it
>
> nit: just *what* we need

I'll add that, thanks.

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