11 files changed, 67 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index cb3dc6027fd9..a8d71ed43a0e 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -480,10 +480,6 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
  * @NL80211_ATTR_SCAN_FREQUENCIES: nested attribute with frequencies (in MHz)
  * @NL80211_ATTR_SCAN_SSIDS: nested attribute with SSIDs, leave out for passive
  *      scanning and include a zero-length SSID (wildcard) for wildcard scan
- * @NL80211_ATTR_SCAN_GENERATION: the scan generation increases whenever the
- *      scan result list changes (BSS expired or added) so that applications
- *      can verify that they got a single, consistent snapshot (when all dump
- *      messages carried the same generation number)
  * @NL80211_ATTR_BSS: scan result BSS
  *
  * @NL80211_ATTR_REG_INITIATOR: indicates who requested the regulatory domain
@@ -580,6 +576,14 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
  *
  * @NL80211_ATTR_PID: Process ID of a network namespace.
  *
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_GENERATION: Used to indicate consistent snapshots for
+ *      dumps. This number increases whenever the object list being
+ *      dumped changes, and as such userspace can verify that it has
+ *      obtained a complete and consistent snapshot by verifying that
+ *      all dump messages contain the same generation number. If it
+ *      changed then the list changed and the dump should be repeated
+ *      completely from scratch.
+ *
  * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
  * @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
  */
@@ -651,7 +655,7 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
 
         NL80211_ATTR_SCAN_FREQUENCIES,
         NL80211_ATTR_SCAN_SSIDS,
-        NL80211_ATTR_SCAN_GENERATION,
+        NL80211_ATTR_GENERATION, /* replaces old SCAN_GENERATION */
         NL80211_ATTR_BSS,
 
         NL80211_ATTR_REG_INITIATOR,
@@ -716,6 +720,9 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
         NL80211_ATTR_MAX = __NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST - 1
 };
 
+/* source-level API compatibility */
+#define NL80211_ATTR_SCAN_GENERATION NL80211_ATTR_GENERATION
+
 /*
  * Allow user space programs to use #ifdef on new attributes by defining them
  * here
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 1ee30fcd6fdc..de7d116acc3d 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -372,6 +372,10 @@ struct rate_info {
  * @txrate: current unicast bitrate to this station
  * @rx_packets: packets received from this station
  * @tx_packets: packets transmitted to this station
+ * @generation: generation number for nl80211 dumps.
+ *      This number should increase every time the list of stations
+ *      changes, i.e. when a station is added or removed, so that
+ *      userspace can tell whether it got a consistent snapshot.
  */
 struct station_info {
         u32 filled;
@@ -385,6 +389,8 @@ struct station_info {
         struct rate_info txrate;
         u32 rx_packets;
         u32 tx_packets;
+
+        int generation;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -444,6 +450,10 @@ enum mpath_info_flags {
  * @flags: mesh path flags
  * @discovery_timeout: total mesh path discovery timeout, in msecs
  * @discovery_retries: mesh path discovery retries
+ * @generation: generation number for nl80211 dumps.
+ *      This number should increase every time the list of mesh paths
+ *      changes, i.e. when a station is added or removed, so that
+ *      userspace can tell whether it got a consistent snapshot.
  */
 struct mpath_info {
         u32 filled;
@@ -454,6 +464,8 @@ struct mpath_info {
         u32 discovery_timeout;
         u8 discovery_retries;
         u8 flags;
+
+        int generation;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index 4bbf5007799b..5608f6c68413 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -323,6 +323,8 @@ static void sta_set_sinfo(struct sta_info *sta, struct station_info *sinfo)
 {
         struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = sta->sdata;
 
+        sinfo->generation = sdata->local->sta_generation;
+
         sinfo->filled = STATION_INFO_INACTIVE_TIME |
                         STATION_INFO_RX_BYTES |
                         STATION_INFO_TX_BYTES |
@@ -909,6 +911,8 @@ static void mpath_set_pinfo(struct mesh_path *mpath, u8 *next_hop,
         else
                 memset(next_hop, 0, ETH_ALEN);
 
+        pinfo->generation = mesh_paths_generation;
+
         pinfo->filled = MPATH_INFO_FRAME_QLEN |
                         MPATH_INFO_DSN |
                         MPATH_INFO_METRIC |
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
index 989591787aee..99433222bc5c 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
@@ -678,6 +678,7 @@ struct ieee80211_local {
         struct list_head sta_list;
         struct sta_info *sta_hash[STA_HASH_SIZE];
         struct timer_list sta_cleanup;
+        int sta_generation;
 
         struct sk_buff_head pending[IEEE80211_MAX_QUEUES];
         struct tasklet_struct tx_pending_tasklet;
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh.h b/net/mac80211/mesh.h
index 2a2ed182cb7e..ce538814b9bd 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh.h
@@ -265,6 +265,8 @@ void mesh_path_discard_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
 void mesh_path_quiesce(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata);
 void mesh_path_restart(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata);
 
+extern int mesh_paths_generation;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH
 extern int mesh_allocated;
 
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c b/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
index 04b9e4d61b8e..431865a58622 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ struct mpath_node {
 static struct mesh_table *mesh_paths;
 static struct mesh_table *mpp_paths; /* Store paths for MPP&MAP */
 
+int mesh_paths_generation;
+
 /* This lock will have the grow table function as writer and add / delete nodes
  * as readers. When reading the table (i.e. doing lookups) we are well protected
  * by RCU
@@ -243,6 +245,8 @@ int mesh_path_add(u8 *dst, struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
                 mesh_paths->mean_chain_len * (mesh_paths->hash_mask + 1))
                 grow = 1;
 
+        mesh_paths_generation++;
+
         spin_unlock(&mesh_paths->hashwlock[hash_idx]);
         read_unlock(&pathtbl_resize_lock);
         if (grow) {
@@ -484,6 +488,7 @@ int mesh_path_del(u8 *addr, struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 
         err = -ENXIO;
 enddel:
+        mesh_paths_generation++;
         spin_unlock(&mesh_paths->hashwlock[hash_idx]);
         read_unlock(&pathtbl_resize_lock);
         return err;
diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
index a360bceeba59..eec001491e66 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ int sta_info_insert(struct sta_info *sta)
                 goto out_free;
         }
         list_add(&sta->list, &local->sta_list);
+        local->sta_generation++;
         local->num_sta++;
         sta_info_hash_add(local, sta);
 
@@ -485,6 +486,7 @@ static void __sta_info_unlink(struct sta_info **sta)
         }
 
         local->num_sta--;
+        local->sta_generation++;
 
         if (local->ops->sta_notify) {
                 if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN)
diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c
index 1e189306560d..62e1ac00879b 100644
--- a/net/wireless/core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/core.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("wireless configuration support");
  * only read the list, and that can happen quite
  * often because we need to do it for each command */
 LIST_HEAD(cfg80211_rdev_list);
+int cfg80211_rdev_list_generation;
 
 /*
  * This is used to protect the cfg80211_rdev_list
@@ -511,6 +512,7 @@ int wiphy_register(struct wiphy *wiphy)
         wiphy_update_regulatory(wiphy, NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_CORE);
 
         list_add(&rdev->list, &cfg80211_rdev_list);
+        cfg80211_rdev_list_generation++;
 
         mutex_unlock(&cfg80211_mutex);
 
@@ -593,6 +595,7 @@ void wiphy_unregister(struct wiphy *wiphy)
         reg_device_remove(wiphy);
 
         list_del(&rdev->list);
+        cfg80211_rdev_list_generation++;
         device_del(&rdev->wiphy.dev);
         debugfs_remove(rdev->wiphy.debugfsdir);
 
@@ -653,6 +656,7 @@ static int cfg80211_netdev_notifier_call(struct notifier_block * nb,
                 spin_lock_init(&wdev->event_lock);
                 mutex_lock(&rdev->devlist_mtx);
                 list_add(&wdev->list, &rdev->netdev_list);
+                rdev->devlist_generation++;
                 /* can only change netns with wiphy */
                 dev->features |= NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL;
 
@@ -733,6 +737,7 @@ static int cfg80211_netdev_notifier_call(struct notifier_block * nb,
                 if (!list_empty(&wdev->list)) {
                         sysfs_remove_link(&dev->dev.kobj, "phy80211");
                         list_del_init(&wdev->list);
+                        rdev->devlist_generation++;
                         mutex_destroy(&wdev->mtx);
 #ifdef CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT
                         kfree(wdev->wext.keys);
diff --git a/net/wireless/core.h b/net/wireless/core.h
index 92e0492b0e4d..639db52eeff7 100644
--- a/net/wireless/core.h
+++ b/net/wireless/core.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ struct cfg80211_registered_device {
         /* associate netdev list */
         struct mutex devlist_mtx;
         struct list_head netdev_list;
+        int devlist_generation;
 
         /* BSSes/scanning */
         spinlock_t bss_lock;
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ bool wiphy_idx_valid(int wiphy_idx)
 
 extern struct mutex cfg80211_mutex;
 extern struct list_head cfg80211_rdev_list;
+extern int cfg80211_rdev_list_generation;
 
 #define assert_cfg80211_lock() WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&cfg80211_mutex))
 
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 2ff7376f35a3..b3d5c1df08dd 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -408,6 +408,9 @@ static int nl80211_send_wiphy(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 pid, u32 seq, int flags,
         NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY, dev->wiphy_idx);
         NLA_PUT_STRING(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_NAME, wiphy_name(&dev->wiphy));
 
+        NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_GENERATION,
+                    cfg80211_rdev_list_generation);
+
         NLA_PUT_U8(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_RETRY_SHORT,
                    dev->wiphy.retry_short);
         NLA_PUT_U8(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_RETRY_LONG,
@@ -825,6 +828,11 @@ static int nl80211_send_iface(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 pid, u32 seq, int flags,
         NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY, rdev->wiphy_idx);
         NLA_PUT_STRING(msg, NL80211_ATTR_IFNAME, dev->name);
         NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_IFTYPE, dev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype);
+
+        NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_GENERATION,
+                    rdev->devlist_generation ^
+                        (cfg80211_rdev_list_generation << 2));
+
         return genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
 
  nla_put_failure:
@@ -838,12 +846,12 @@ static int nl80211_dump_interface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *
         int if_idx = 0;
         int wp_start = cb->args[0];
         int if_start = cb->args[1];
-        struct cfg80211_registered_device *dev;
+        struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev;
         struct wireless_dev *wdev;
 
         mutex_lock(&cfg80211_mutex);
-        list_for_each_entry(dev, &cfg80211_rdev_list, list) {
-                if (!net_eq(wiphy_net(&dev->wiphy), sock_net(skb->sk)))
+        list_for_each_entry(rdev, &cfg80211_rdev_list, list) {
+                if (!net_eq(wiphy_net(&rdev->wiphy), sock_net(skb->sk)))
                         continue;
                 if (wp_idx < wp_start) {
                         wp_idx++;
@@ -851,21 +859,21 @@ static int nl80211_dump_interface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *
                 }
                 if_idx = 0;
 
-                mutex_lock(&dev->devlist_mtx);
-                list_for_each_entry(wdev, &dev->netdev_list, list) {
+                mutex_lock(&rdev->devlist_mtx);
+                list_for_each_entry(wdev, &rdev->netdev_list, list) {
                         if (if_idx < if_start) {
                                 if_idx++;
                                 continue;
                         }
                         if (nl80211_send_iface(skb, NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).pid,
                                                cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq, NLM_F_MULTI,
-                                               dev, wdev->netdev) < 0) {
-                                mutex_unlock(&dev->devlist_mtx);
+                                               rdev, wdev->netdev) < 0) {
+                                mutex_unlock(&rdev->devlist_mtx);
                                 goto out;
                         }
                         if_idx++;
                 }
-                mutex_unlock(&dev->devlist_mtx);
+                mutex_unlock(&rdev->devlist_mtx);
 
                 wp_idx++;
         }
@@ -1616,6 +1624,8 @@ static int nl80211_send_station(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 pid, u32 seq,
         NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX, dev->ifindex);
         NLA_PUT(msg, NL80211_ATTR_MAC, ETH_ALEN, mac_addr);
 
+        NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_GENERATION, sinfo->generation);
+
         sinfoattr = nla_nest_start(msg, NL80211_ATTR_STA_INFO);
         if (!sinfoattr)
                 goto nla_put_failure;
@@ -2101,6 +2111,8 @@ static int nl80211_send_mpath(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 pid, u32 seq,
         NLA_PUT(msg, NL80211_ATTR_MAC, ETH_ALEN, dst);
         NLA_PUT(msg, NL80211_ATTR_MPATH_NEXT_HOP, ETH_ALEN, next_hop);
 
+        NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_GENERATION, pinfo->generation);
+
         pinfoattr = nla_nest_start(msg, NL80211_ATTR_MPATH_INFO);
         if (!pinfoattr)
                 goto nla_put_failure;
@@ -3090,8 +3102,7 @@ static int nl80211_send_bss(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 pid, u32 seq, int flags,
         if (!hdr)
                 return -1;
 
-        NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_SCAN_GENERATION,
-                    rdev->bss_generation);
+        NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_GENERATION, rdev->bss_generation);
         NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX, wdev->netdev->ifindex);
 
         bss = nla_nest_start(msg, NL80211_ATTR_BSS);
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);