From 5ed176e1c425f9bd1af161d66d348f6116a04fc6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Berg Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:42:28 +0100 Subject: mac80211: make ieee80211_find_sta per virtual interface Since we have a TODO item to make all station management dependent on virtual interfaces, I figured I'd start with pushing such a change to drivers before more drivers start using the ieee80211_find_sta() API with a hw pointer and cause us grief later on. For now continue exporting the old API in form of ieee80211_find_sta_by_hw(), but discourage its use strongly. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- include/net/mac80211.h | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/net') diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index e12293e60ac1..7f035d779db9 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -2106,15 +2106,36 @@ void ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_cb_irqsafe(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, const u8 *ra, /** * ieee80211_find_sta - find a station * - * @hw: pointer as obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw() + * @vif: virtual interface to look for station on * @addr: station's address * * This function must be called under RCU lock and the * resulting pointer is only valid under RCU lock as well. */ -struct ieee80211_sta *ieee80211_find_sta(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, +struct ieee80211_sta *ieee80211_find_sta(struct ieee80211_vif *vif, const u8 *addr); +/** + * ieee80211_find_sta_by_hw - find a station on hardware + * + * @hw: pointer as obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw() + * @addr: station's address + * + * This function must be called under RCU lock and the + * resulting pointer is only valid under RCU lock as well. + * + * NOTE: This function should not be used! When mac80211 is converted + * internally to properly keep track of stations on multiple + * virtual interfaces, it will not always know which station to + * return here since a single address might be used by multiple + * logical stations (e.g. consider a station connecting to another + * BSSID on the same AP hardware without disconnecting first). + * + * DO NOT USE THIS FUNCTION. + */ +struct ieee80211_sta *ieee80211_find_sta_by_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, + const u8 *addr); + /** * ieee80211_beacon_loss - inform hardware does not receive beacons * -- cgit v1.2.2