[PATCH 1/8] wifi: ath12k: Add MLO station state change handling

[Baochen Qiang]

On 11/6/2024 10:26 PM, Kalle Valo wrote:
> +static int ath12k_mac_assign_link_sta(struct ath12k_hw *ah,
> +				      struct ath12k_sta *ahsta,
> +				      struct ath12k_link_sta *arsta,
> +				      struct ath12k_vif *ahvif,
> +				      u8 link_id)
> +{
> +	struct ieee80211_sta *sta = ath12k_ahsta_to_sta(ahsta);
> +	struct ieee80211_link_sta *link_sta;
> +	struct ath12k_link_vif *arvif;
> +
> +	lockdep_assert_wiphy(ah->hw->wiphy);
> +
> +	if (!arsta || link_id >= IEEE80211_MLD_MAX_NUM_LINKS)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	arvif = wiphy_dereference(ah->hw->wiphy, ahvif->link[link_id]);
> +	if (!arvif)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	memset(arsta, 0, sizeof(*arsta));
> +
> +	link_sta = wiphy_dereference(ah->hw->wiphy, sta->link[link_id]);
> +	if (!link_sta)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	ether_addr_copy(arsta->addr, link_sta->addr);
> +
> +	/* logical index of the link sta in order of creation */
> +	arsta->link_idx = ahsta->num_peer++;
> +
> +	arsta->link_id = link_id;
> +	ahsta->links_map |= BIT(arsta->link_id);
would be better to put this after rcu_assign_pointer()?

> +	arsta->arvif = arvif;
> +	arsta->ahsta = ahsta;
> +	arsta->state = IEEE80211_STA_NONE;
> +	wiphy_work_init(&arsta->update_wk, ath12k_sta_rc_update_wk);
> +
> +	rcu_assign_pointer(ahsta->link[link_id], arsta);
> +
> +	synchronize_rcu();
what are we waiting for here?

> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +