>
>> >
>> >> > Also, the only reason this can happen anyway is when you call "can
>> >> > beacon" for a station interface - which seems nonsensical. Given that
>> >>
>> >> This is not true. This happens with current code for a p2p-go
>> >> interface during channel validity checks in reg.c.
>> >
>> > Not sure I see this? The only thing doing wdev locking is
>> > cfg80211_go_permissive_chan(), no? And that only for station interfaces.
>>
>> cfg80211_go_permissive_chan is called from cfg80211_reg_can_beacon,
>> currently only for GO interfaces, but for STA also in the future
>> (hopefully).
>> The latter is called during channel validity checks for GO.
>
> Ok.
>
> Should I just apply the patch as it is then?

It fixes a real existing deadlock, so I think so, yea.

Arik
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