nl80211: add generation number to all dumps

In order for userspace to be able to figure out whether
it obtained a consistent snapshot of data or not when
using netlink dumps, we need to have a generation number
in each dump message that indicates whether the list has
changed or not -- its value is arbitrary.

This patch adds such a number to all dumps, this needs
some mac80211 involvement to keep track of a generation
number to start with when adding/removing mesh paths or
stations.

The wiphy and netdev lists can be fully handled within
cfg80211, of course, but generation numbers need to be
stored there as well.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/wireless/scan.c b/net/wireless/scan.c
index 0ccf3a07dc02..1bcb1312bd94 100644
--- a/net/wireless/scan.c
+++ b/net/wireless/scan.c
@@ -562,6 +562,7 @@ void cfg80211_unlink_bss(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct cfg80211_bss *pub)
         spin_lock_bh(&dev->bss_lock);
 
         list_del(&bss->list);
+        dev->bss_generation++;
         rb_erase(&bss->rbn, &dev->bss_tree);
 
         spin_unlock_bh(&dev->bss_lock);