Re: [PATCH wireless-next 7/7] wifi: mac80211: store the ack skb before building the header

On 8/3/2026 7:08 AM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> From: Johannes Berg <[email protected]>
> 
> The ack skb has to be stored while the frame is still in 802.3
> format, since that is what is reported back to userspace. It's
> currently done in ieee80211_build_hdr(), but that complicates
> it a bit.
> 
> Thanks the the previous ieee80211_lookup_ra_sta() change, it's

nit: s/the the/to the/

> now known whether or not the frame will be group addressed on
> the air, which is needed for this condition.
> 
> Also simplify callers of ieee80211_store_ack_skb() by filling
> the TX info directly and fix the free in ieee80211_build_hdr()
> to use ieee80211_free_txskb(), reporting the drop to userspace
> rather than being quiet about it.
> 
> This also lets use validate the link ID for control port TX in

s/use/us/ ??

> that code itself, rather than interleaving it into build_hdr().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <[email protected]>
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