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Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/wireless.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/wireless.c | 67 |
1 files changed, 41 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/wireless.c b/net/core/wireless.c index 3168fca312f7c4..ffff0da46c6ee2 100644 --- a/net/core/wireless.c +++ b/net/core/wireless.c @@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ * * v8 - 17.02.06 - Jean II * o RtNetlink requests support (SET/GET) + * + * v8b - 03.08.06 - Herbert Xu + * o Fix Wireless Event locking issues. + * + * v9 - 14.3.06 - Jean II + * o Change length in ESSID and NICK to strlen() instead of strlen()+1 + * o Make standard_ioctl_num and standard_event_num unsigned + * o Remove (struct net_device *)->get_wireless_stats() */ /***************************** INCLUDES *****************************/ @@ -234,24 +242,24 @@ static const struct iw_ioctl_description standard_ioctl[] = { [SIOCSIWESSID - SIOCIWFIRST] = { .header_type = IW_HEADER_TYPE_POINT, .token_size = 1, - .max_tokens = IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE + 1, + .max_tokens = IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE, .flags = IW_DESCR_FLAG_EVENT, }, [SIOCGIWESSID - SIOCIWFIRST] = { .header_type = IW_HEADER_TYPE_POINT, .token_size = 1, - .max_tokens = IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE + 1, + .max_tokens = IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE, .flags = IW_DESCR_FLAG_DUMP, }, [SIOCSIWNICKN - SIOCIWFIRST] = { .header_type = IW_HEADER_TYPE_POINT, .token_size = 1, - .max_tokens = IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE + 1, + .max_tokens = IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE, }, [SIOCGIWNICKN - SIOCIWFIRST] = { .header_type = IW_HEADER_TYPE_POINT, .token_size = 1, - .max_tokens = IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE + 1, + .max_tokens = IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE, }, [SIOCSIWRATE - SIOCIWFIRST] = { .header_type = IW_HEADER_TYPE_PARAM, @@ -338,8 +346,8 @@ static const struct iw_ioctl_description standard_ioctl[] = { .max_tokens = sizeof(struct iw_pmksa), }, }; -static const int standard_ioctl_num = (sizeof(standard_ioctl) / - sizeof(struct iw_ioctl_description)); +static const unsigned standard_ioctl_num = (sizeof(standard_ioctl) / + sizeof(struct iw_ioctl_description)); /* * Meta-data about all the additional standard Wireless Extension events @@ -389,8 +397,8 @@ static const struct iw_ioctl_description standard_event[] = { .max_tokens = sizeof(struct iw_pmkid_cand), }, }; -static const int standard_event_num = (sizeof(standard_event) / - sizeof(struct iw_ioctl_description)); +static const unsigned standard_event_num = (sizeof(standard_event) / + sizeof(struct iw_ioctl_description)); /* Size (in bytes) of the various private data types */ static const char iw_priv_type_size[] = { @@ -465,17 +473,6 @@ static inline struct iw_statistics *get_wireless_stats(struct net_device *dev) (dev->wireless_handlers->get_wireless_stats != NULL)) return dev->wireless_handlers->get_wireless_stats(dev); - /* Old location, field to be removed in next WE */ - if(dev->get_wireless_stats) { - static int printed_message; - - if (!printed_message++) - printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s (WE) : Driver using old /proc/net/wireless support, please fix driver !\n", - dev->name); - - return dev->get_wireless_stats(dev); - } - /* Not found */ return (struct iw_statistics *) NULL; } @@ -1843,8 +1840,33 @@ int wireless_rtnetlink_set(struct net_device * dev, */ #ifdef WE_EVENT_RTNETLINK +/* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */ +/* + * Locking... + * ---------- + * + * Thanks to Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> for fixing + * the locking issue in here and implementing this code ! + * + * The issue : wireless_send_event() is often called in interrupt context, + * while the Netlink layer can never be called in interrupt context. + * The fully formed RtNetlink events are queued, and then a tasklet is run + * to feed those to Netlink. + * The skb_queue is interrupt safe, and its lock is not held while calling + * Netlink, so there is no possibility of dealock. + * Jean II + */ + static struct sk_buff_head wireless_nlevent_queue; +static int __init wireless_nlevent_init(void) +{ + skb_queue_head_init(&wireless_nlevent_queue); + return 0; +} + +subsys_initcall(wireless_nlevent_init); + static void wireless_nlevent_process(unsigned long data) { struct sk_buff *skb; @@ -1921,13 +1943,6 @@ static inline void rtmsg_iwinfo(struct net_device * dev, tasklet_schedule(&wireless_nlevent_tasklet); } -static int __init wireless_nlevent_init(void) -{ - skb_queue_head_init(&wireless_nlevent_queue); - return 0; -} - -subsys_initcall(wireless_nlevent_init); #endif /* WE_EVENT_RTNETLINK */ /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */ |