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SubjectRe: [PATCH net-next] ath10k: fix RX of frames with broken FCS in monitor mode
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On 11/07/2019 06:03 AM, Linus Lüssing wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 05, 2019 at 09:19:20AM -0800, Ben Greear wrote:
>> Thanks for adding the counter. Since it us u32, I doubt you need the spin lock
>> below?
>
> Ok, I can remove the spin-lock.
>
> Just for clarification though, if I recall correctly then an increment operator
> is not guaranteed to work atomically. But you think it's unlikely
> to race with a concurrent ++ and therefore it's fine for just a debug counter?
> (and if it were racing, it'd just be a missed +1)

I think it is fine to be off-by-one, and u32 is atomic so you would never read a really
weird number, like you can if u64 is non-atomically being incremented.

Thanks,
Ben


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Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com

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