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| -rw-r--r-- | net/mac80211/sta_info.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c index d5611d8fd0d6..a360bceeba59 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c +++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c | |||
| @@ -44,6 +44,15 @@ | |||
| 44 | * When the insertion fails (sta_info_insert()) returns non-zero), the | 44 | * When the insertion fails (sta_info_insert()) returns non-zero), the |
| 45 | * structure will have been freed by sta_info_insert()! | 45 | * structure will have been freed by sta_info_insert()! |
| 46 | * | 46 | * |
| 47 | * sta entries are added by mac80211 when you establish a link with a | ||
| 48 | * peer. This means different things for the different type of interfaces | ||
| 49 | * we support. For a regular station this mean we add the AP sta when we | ||
| 50 | * receive an assocation response from the AP. For IBSS this occurs when | ||
| 51 | * we receive a probe response or a beacon from target IBSS network. For | ||
| 52 | * WDS we add the sta for the peer imediately upon device open. When using | ||
| 53 | * AP mode we add stations for each respective station upon request from | ||
| 54 | * userspace through nl80211. | ||
| 55 | * | ||
| 47 | * Because there are debugfs entries for each station, and adding those | 56 | * Because there are debugfs entries for each station, and adding those |
| 48 | * must be able to sleep, it is also possible to "pin" a station entry, | 57 | * must be able to sleep, it is also possible to "pin" a station entry, |
| 49 | * that means it can be removed from the hash table but not be freed. | 58 | * that means it can be removed from the hash table but not be freed. |