1 files changed, 14 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index c06104476973..fe80771d95f1 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -397,6 +397,11 @@ static inline struct ieee80211_tx_info *IEEE80211_SKB_CB(struct sk_buff *skb)
         return (struct ieee80211_tx_info *)skb->cb;
 }
 
+static inline struct ieee80211_rx_status *IEEE80211_SKB_RXCB(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+        return (struct ieee80211_rx_status *)skb->cb;
+}
+
 /**
  * ieee80211_tx_info_clear_status - clear TX status
  *
@@ -478,7 +483,7 @@ enum mac80211_rx_flags {
  *
  * The low-level driver should provide this information (the subset
  * supported by hardware) to the 802.11 code with each received
- * frame.
+ * frame, in the skb's control buffer (cb).
  *
  * @mactime: value in microseconds of the 64-bit Time Synchronization Function
  *      (TSF) timer when the first data symbol (MPDU) arrived at the hardware.
@@ -1606,9 +1611,11 @@ void ieee80211_free_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
  */
 void ieee80211_restart_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
 
-/* trick to avoid symbol clashes with the ieee80211 subsystem */
-void __ieee80211_rx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb,
-                    struct ieee80211_rx_status *status);
+/*
+ * trick to avoid symbol clashes with the ieee80211 subsystem,
+ * use the inline below instead
+ */
+void __ieee80211_rx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb);
 
 /**
  * ieee80211_rx - receive frame
@@ -1624,13 +1631,10 @@ void __ieee80211_rx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb,
  *
  * @hw: the hardware this frame came in on
  * @skb: the buffer to receive, owned by mac80211 after this call
- * @status: status of this frame; the status pointer need not be valid
- *      after this function returns
  */
-static inline void ieee80211_rx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb,
-                                struct ieee80211_rx_status *status)
+static inline void ieee80211_rx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-        __ieee80211_rx(hw, skb, status);
+        __ieee80211_rx(hw, skb);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1644,13 +1648,8 @@ static inline void ieee80211_rx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb,
  *
  * @hw: the hardware this frame came in on
  * @skb: the buffer to receive, owned by mac80211 after this call
- * @status: status of this frame; the status pointer need not be valid
- *      after this function returns and is not freed by mac80211,
- *      it is recommended that it points to a stack area
  */
-void ieee80211_rx_irqsafe(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
-                          struct sk_buff *skb,
-                          struct ieee80211_rx_status *status);
+void ieee80211_rx_irqsafe(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb);
 
 /**
  * ieee80211_tx_status - transmit status callback