aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/net/mac80211/mesh.h
Commit message (Collapse)AuthorAge
* mac80211: annotate and fix RCU in mesh codeJohannes Berg2011-05-16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This adds proper RCU annotations to the mesh path table code, and fixes a number of bugs in the code that I found while checking the sparse warnings I got as a result of the annotations. Some things like the changes in mesh_path_add() or mesh_pathtbl_init() only serve to shut up sparse, but other changes like the changes surrounding the for_each_mesh_entry() macro fix real RCU bugs in the code. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: fix and simplify mesh lockingJohannes Berg2011-05-16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The locking in mesh_{mpath,mpp}_table_grow not only has an rcu_read_unlock() missing, it's also racy (though really only technically since it's invoked from a single function only) since it obtains the new size of the table without any locking, so two invocations of the function could attempt the same resize. Additionally, it uses synchronize_rcu() which is rather expensive and can be avoided trivially here. Modify the functions to only use the table lock and use call_rcu() instead of synchronize_rcu(). Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: sparse RCU annotationsJohannes Berg2011-05-16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This adds sparse RCU annotations to most of mac80211, only the mesh code remains to be done. Due the the previous patches, the annotations are pretty simple. The only thing that this actually changes is removing the RCU usage of key->sta in debugfs since this pointer isn't actually an RCU-managed pointer (it only has a single assignment done before the key even goes live). As that is otherwise harmless, I decided to make it part of this patch. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: mesh: move some code to make it staticJohannes Berg2011-05-12
| | | | | | | | | | | There's no need to have table functions in one file and all users in another, move the functions to the right file and make them static. Also move a static variable to the beginning of the file to make it easier to find. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: send notification on new peer candidate for our secure meshJavier Cardona2011-04-12
| | | | | | | Also, advertise support for mesh authentication. Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: Remove unused third address from mesh address extension header.Javier Cardona2010-12-20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The Mesh Control header only includes 0, 1 or 2 addresses. If there is one address, it should be interpreted as Address 4. If there are 2, they are interpreted as Addresses 5 and 6 (Address 4 being the 4th address in the 802.11 header). The address extension used to hold up to 3 addresses instead of the current 2. I'm not sure which draft version changed this, but it is very unlikely that it will change again given the state of the approval process of this draft. See section 7.1.3.6.3 in current draft (8.0). Also, note that the extra address that I'm removing was not being used, so this change has no effect on over-the-air frame formats. But I thought I better remove it before someone does start using it. Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: Send mesh non-HWMP path selection frames to userspaceJavier Cardona2010-12-20
| | | | | | | | | Let path selection frames for protocols other than HWMP be sent to userspace via NL80211_CMD_REGISTER_FRAME. Also allow userspace to send and receive mesh path selection frames. Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* wireless:mac80211: kill unuse macro MESH_CFG_CMP_LEN in mesh.hShan Wei2010-12-15
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Commit 00d3f14c has removed the references of this macro, but left it only. So remove this definition. commit 00d3f14cf9f12c21428121026a5e1d5f65926447 Author: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Date: Tue Feb 10 21:26:00 2009 +0100 mac80211: use cfg80211s BSS infrastructure Remove all the code from mac80211 to keep track of BSSes and use the cfg80211-provided code completely. Signed-off-by: Shan Wei <shanwei@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* cfg80211/mac80211: add mesh join/leave commandsJohannes Berg2010-12-06
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Instead of tying mesh activity to interface up, add join and leave commands for mesh. Since we must be backward compatible, let cfg80211 handle joining a mesh if a mesh ID was pre-configured when the device goes up. Note that this therefore must modify mac80211 as well since mac80211 needs to lose the logic to start the mesh on interface up. We now allow querying mesh parameters before the mesh is connected, which simply returns defaults. Setting them (internally renamed to "update") is only allowed while connected. Specify them with the new mesh join command instead where needed. In mac80211, beaconing must now also follow the mesh enabled/not enabled state, which is done by testing the mesh ID. Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* nl80211/mac80211: define and allow configuring mesh element TTLJavier Cardona2010-12-06
| | | | | | | | | The TTL in path selection information elements is different from the mesh ttl used in mesh data frames. Version 7.03 of the 11s draft calls this ttl 'Element TTL'. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* Fix spelling fuction -> function in commentsStefan Weil2010-08-09
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | To avoid more patches, I also fixed other spelling and grammar bugs when they were in the same or following line: successfull -> successful parse -> parses controler -> controller controlers -> controllers Cc: Jiri Kosina <trivial@kernel.org> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Stefan Weil <weil@mail.berlios.de> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
* mac80211: pull mgmt frame rx into rx handlerJohannes Berg2010-06-14
| | | | | | | | | | | | Some code is duplicated between ibss, mesh and managed mode regarding the queueing of management frames. Since all modes now use a common skb queue and a common work function, we can pull the queueing code into the rx handler directly and remove the duplicated length checks etc. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: Moved mesh action codes to a more visible locationJavier Cardona2010-04-08
| | | | | | | | | Grouped mesh action codes together with the other action codes in ieee80211.h. Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: Revert 'Use correct sign for mesh active path refresh'Javier Cardona2009-12-10
| | | | | | | | | | | The patch ("mac80211: Use correct sign for mesh active path refresh.") was actually a bug. Reverted it and improved the explanation of how mesh path refresh works. Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: Andrey Yurovsky <andrey@cozybit.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: use fixed broadcast addressJohannes Berg2009-11-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The netdev broadcast address cannot change from all-ones so there's no need to use it; we can instead hard-code it. Since we already have an instance in tkip.c, which will be shared if it is marked static const, doing this reduces text size at no data/bss cost. The real motivation for this is, of course, the desire to get rid of almost all uses of netdevs in mac80211 so that auditing their use becomes easier. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: update copyrights to 2009Rui Paulo2009-11-13
| | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Reviewed-by: Andrey Yurovsky <andrey@cozybit.com> Tested-by: Brian Cavagnolo <brian@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: add nl80211/cfg80211 handling of the new mesh root mode option.Rui Paulo2009-11-13
| | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Reviewed-by: Andrey Yurovsky <andrey@cozybit.com> Tested-by: Brian Cavagnolo <brian@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: implement a timer to send RANN action framesRui Paulo2009-11-13
| | | | | | | | | | | RANN (Root Annoucement) frame TX. Send an action frame every second trying to build a path to all nodes on the mesh. Signed-off-by: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Reviewed-by: Andrey Yurovsky <andrey@cozybit.com> Tested-by: Brian Cavagnolo <brian@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: replace "destination" with "target" to follow the specRui Paulo2009-11-13
| | | | | | | | | | Resulting object files have the same MD5 as before. Signed-off-by: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Reviewed-by: Andrey Yurovsky <andrey@cozybit.com> Tested-by: Brian Cavagnolo <brian@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: update PERR frame formatRui Paulo2009-11-13
| | | | | | | | | | Update the PERR IE frame format according to latest draft (3.03). Signed-off-by: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Reviewed-by: Andrey Yurovsky <andrey@cozybit.com> Tested-by: Brian Cavagnolo <brian@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: update the format of path selection framesRui Paulo2009-11-11
| | | | | | | | | | | Update the format of path selection frames according to latest draft (3.03). Signed-off-by: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Reviewed-by: Andrey Yurovsky <andrey@cozybit.com> Tested-by: Brian Cavagnolo <brian@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: update peer link management IE and action framesRui Paulo2009-11-11
| | | | | | | | | | Update the length and format of the peer link management action frames. Signed-off-by: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Reviewed-by: Andrey Yurovsky <andrey@cozybit.com> Tested-by: Brian Cavagnolo <brian@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: set MESH_TTL to 31Rui Paulo2009-11-11
| | | | | | | | | | Update the mesh time to live field to 31 according to draft 3.03. Signed-off-by: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Reviewed-by: Andrey Yurovsky <andrey@cozybit.com> Tested-by: Brian Cavagnolo <brian@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: Decouple fail_avg stats used by mesh from rate control algorithm.Javier Cardona2009-08-20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mesh uses the tx failure average to compute the (m)path metric. This used to be done inside the rate control module. This patch breaks the dependency between the mesh stack and the rate control algorithm. Mesh will now work independently of the chosen rate control algorithm. The mesh stack keeps a moving average of the average transmission losses for each mesh peer station. If the fail average exceeds a certain threshold, the peer link is marked as broken. Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: Move mpath and mpp growth to mesh workqueue.Javier Cardona2009-08-14
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | This prevents calling rcu_synchronize from within the tx path by moving the table growth code to the mesh workqueue. Move mesh_table_free and mesh_table_grow from mesh.c to mesh_pathtbl.c and declare them static. Also, re-enable mesh in Kconfig and update the configuration description. Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Tested-by: Andrey Yurovsky <andrey@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: Assign a default mesh beaconing interval.Javier Cardona2009-08-14
| | | | | | | | | | The mesh stack was enabling beaconing without specifying an interval. This patch defines a default beaconing interval of 1s. Incidentally, this fixes mesh beaconing in mac80211_hwsim devices. Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: Use 3-address format for mesh broadcast frames.Javier Cardona2009-08-14
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The 11s task group recently changed the frame mesh multicast/broadcast frame format to use 3-address. This was done to avoid interactions with widely deployed lazy-WDS access points. This patch changes the format of group addressed frames, both mesh-originated and proxied, to use the data format defined in draft D2.08 and forward. The address fields used for group addressed frames is: In 802.11 header ToDS:0 FromDS:1 addr1: DA (broadcast/multicast address) addr2: TA addr3: Mesh SA In address extension header: addr4: SA (only present if frame was proxied) Note that this change breaks backward compatibility with earlier mesh stack versions. Signed-off-by: Andrey Yurovsky <andrey@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: Improve dequeing from mpath frame queue.Javier Cardona2009-08-14
| | | | | | | | Also, fix typo in comment. Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Tested-by: Andrey Yurovsky <andrey@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* nl80211: add generation number to all dumpsJohannes Berg2009-08-14
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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>
* mac80211: push rx status into skb->cbJohannes Berg2009-07-10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Within mac80211, we often need to copy the rx status into skb->cb. This is wasteful, as drivers could be building it in there to start with. This patch changes the API so that drivers are expected to pass the RX status in skb->cb, now accessible as IEEE80211_SKB_RXCB(skb). It also updates all drivers to pass the rx status in there, but only by making them memcpy() it into place before the call to the receive function (ieee80211_rx(_irqsafe)). Each driver can now be optimised on its own schedule. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* wireless: move some utility functions from mac80211 to cfg80211Zhu Yi2009-05-22
| | | | | | | | | | | The patch moves some utility functions from mac80211 to cfg80211. Because these functions are doing generic 802.11 operations so they are not mac80211 specific. The moving allows some fullmac drivers to be also benefit from these utility functions. Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Samuel Ortiz <samuel.ortiz@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: cancel/restart all timers across suspend/resumeJohannes Berg2009-05-20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | We forgot to cancel all timers in mac80211 when suspending. In particular we forgot to deal with some things that can cause hardware reconfiguration -- while it is down. While at it we go ahead and add a warning in ieee80211_sta_work() if its run while the suspend->resume cycle is in effect. This should not happen and if it does it would indicate there is a bug lurking in either mac80211 or mac80211 drivers. With this now wpa_supplicant doesn't blink when I go to suspend and resume where as before there where issues with some timers running during the suspend->resume cycle. This caused a lot of incorrect assumptions and would at times bring back the device in an incoherent, but mostly recoverable, state. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: use cfg80211s BSS infrastructureJohannes Berg2009-02-13
| | | | | | | | Remove all the code from mac80211 to keep track of BSSes and use the cfg80211-provided code completely. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* wireless: restrict to 32 legacy ratesJohannes Berg2009-01-29
| | | | | | | | | | Since the standards only define 12 legacy rates, 32 is certainly a sane upper limit and we don't need to use u64 everywhere. Add sanity checking that no more than 32 rates are registered and change the variables to u32 throughout. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: trivial documentation fixes (enum mesh_path_flags).Rami Rosen2009-01-29
| | | | | | | This patch fixes documentation of enum mesh_path_flags in mesh.h. Signed-off-by: Rami Rosen <ramirose@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: remove mesh_plink_close() method.Rami Rosen2009-01-29
| | | | | | | This patch removes mesh_plink_close() method as it is unused. Signed-off-by: Rami Rosen <ramirose@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* wireless: move mesh config length constantJohannes Berg2008-11-10
| | | | | | | | This is a constant from the 802.11 specification. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Cc: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: mesh portal functionality supportYanBo2008-09-24
| | | | | | | | | | | Currently the mesh code doesn't support bridging mesh point interfaces with wired ethernet or AP to construct an MPP or MAP. This patch adds code to support the "6 address frame format packet" functionality to mesh point interfaces. Now the mesh network can be used as backhaul for end to end communication. Signed-off-by: Li YanBo <dreamfly281@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: split off mesh handling entirelyJohannes Berg2008-09-15
| | | | | | | | | | | | This patch splits off mesh handling from the STA/IBSS. Unfortunately it increases mesh code size a bit, but I think it makes things clearer. The patch also reduces per-interface run-time memory usage. Also clean up a few places where ifdef is not required. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* replace net_device arguments with ieee80211_{local,sub_if_data} as appropriateJasper Bryant-Greene2008-08-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch replaces net_device arguments to mac80211 internal functions with ieee80211_{local,sub_if_data} as appropriate. It also does the same for many 802.11s mesh functions, and changes the mesh path table to be indexed on sub_if_data rather than net_device. If the mesh part needs to be a separate patch let me know, but since mesh uses a lot of mac80211 functions which were being converted anyway, the changes go hand-in-hand somewhat. This patch probably does not convert all the functions which could be converted, but it is a large chunk and followup patches will be provided. Signed-off-by: Jasper Bryant-Greene <jasper@amiton.co.nz> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: fix use of skb->cb for mesh forwardingLuis Carlos Cobo2008-08-07
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Now we deal with mesh forwarding before the 802.11->802.3 conversion, thus eliminating a few unnecessary steps. The next hop lookup is called from ieee80211_master_start_xmit() instead of subif_start_xmit(). Until the next hop is found, RA in the frame will be all zeroes for frames originating from the device. For forwarded frames, RA will contain the TA of the received frame, which will be necessary to send a path error if a next hop is not found. Signed-off-by: Luis Carlos Cobo <luisca@cozybit.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: Prepare mesh_table_grow to failing copy_node callback.Pavel Emelyanov2008-05-21
| | | | | | | | | | | | The mesh_path_node_copy() performs kmalloc() and thus - may fail (well, it does not now, but I'm fixing this right now). Its caller - the mesh_table_grow() - isn't prepared for such a trick yet. This preparation is just flush the new hash and make copy_node() return an int value. Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller2008-05-01
|\ | | | | | | master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6
| * mac80211: use 4-byte mesh sequence numberLuis Carlos Cobo2008-04-30
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | This follows the new 802.11s/D2.0 draft. Signed-off-by: Luis Carlos Cobo <luisca@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* | asm/unaligned.h doesn't work well as the very first includeAl Viro2008-04-27
|/ | | | | Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Revert "mac80211: use a struct for bss->mesh_config"John W. Linville2008-04-08
| | | | | | | | | | | | This reverts commit 6c4711b4697d93424e4b1f76a9929ba844d714a5. That patch breaks mesh config comparison between beacons/probe reponses, so every beacon from a mesh network would be added as a new bss. Since the comparison has to be performed for every received beacon I believe it is best to save the mesh config in a format easy to compare, rather than do a bunch of unaligned accesses to compare field by field. Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: use a struct for bss->mesh_configLuis Carlos Cobo2008-04-01
| | | | | | | | This allows cleaner code when accesing bss->mesh_config components. Signed-off-by: Luis Carlos Cobo <luisca@cozybit.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: always force mesh_path deletionsLuis Carlos Cobo2008-03-06
| | | | | | | | Postponing the deletion is not really useful anymore. Signed-off-by: Luis Carlos Cobo <luisca@cozybit.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: fix sta_info mesh timer bugJohannes Berg2008-03-06
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | I noticed a bug I introduced when mesh is enabled: sta_info_destroy() will end up calling cancel_timer() on a timer that has never been initialized because the timer is only initialized in mesh_plink_alloc(), not in sta_info_alloc(). This patch moves the initialization of all mesh related fields into sta_info_alloc(), adds a bit of sanity checking to the cfg80211 handlers and sta_info_insert() and makes mesh_plink_alloc() a static helper function that is only used from the mesh plink code. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Cc: Luis Carlos Cobo <luisca@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: split sta_info_addJohannes Berg2008-03-06
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | sta_info_add() has two functions: allocating a station info structure and inserting it into the hash table/list. Splitting these two functions allows allocating with GFP_KERNEL in many places instead of GFP_ATOMIC which is now required by the RCU protection. Additionally, in many places RCU protection is now no longer needed at all because between sta_info_alloc() and sta_info_insert() the caller owns the structure. This fixes a few race conditions with setting initial flags and similar, but not all (see comments in ieee80211_sta.c and cfg.c). More documentation on the existing races will be in a follow-up patch. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
generated by cgit v1.2.2 (git 2.25.0) at 2024-11-22 05:31:25 -0500