From: greearb@candelatech.com
To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Subject: [PATCH-WN 3/3] wireless: Add comments about bss refcounting.
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:06:27 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1371675987-28732-3-git-send-email-greearb@candelatech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1371675987-28732-1-git-send-email-greearb@candelatech.com>
From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Should help the next person that tries to understand
the bss refcounting logic.
Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
---
This is against wireless-next.
net/wireless/scan.c | 4 ++++
net/wireless/sme.c | 3 +++
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/wireless/scan.c b/net/wireless/scan.c
index abb0399..d2f4db0 100644
--- a/net/wireless/scan.c
+++ b/net/wireless/scan.c
@@ -623,6 +623,7 @@ static int cmp_bss(struct cfg80211_bss *a,
}
}
+/* Returned bss is reference counted and must be cleaned up appropriately. */
struct cfg80211_bss *cfg80211_get_bss(struct wiphy *wiphy,
struct ieee80211_channel *channel,
const u8 *bssid,
@@ -778,6 +779,7 @@ static bool cfg80211_combine_bsses(struct cfg80211_registered_device *dev,
return true;
}
+/* Returned bss is reference counted and must be cleaned up appropriately. */
static struct cfg80211_internal_bss *
cfg80211_bss_update(struct cfg80211_registered_device *dev,
struct cfg80211_internal_bss *tmp)
@@ -963,6 +965,7 @@ cfg80211_get_bss_channel(struct wiphy *wiphy, const u8 *ie, size_t ielen,
return channel;
}
+/* Returned bss is reference counted and must be cleaned up appropriately. */
struct cfg80211_bss*
cfg80211_inform_bss(struct wiphy *wiphy,
struct ieee80211_channel *channel,
@@ -1020,6 +1023,7 @@ cfg80211_inform_bss(struct wiphy *wiphy,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_inform_bss);
+/* Returned bss is reference counted and must be cleaned up appropriately. */
struct cfg80211_bss *
cfg80211_inform_bss_frame(struct wiphy *wiphy,
struct ieee80211_channel *channel,
diff --git a/net/wireless/sme.c b/net/wireless/sme.c
index 32dac8c..1d3cfb1 100644
--- a/net/wireless/sme.c
+++ b/net/wireless/sme.c
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ void cfg80211_conn_work(struct work_struct *work)
rtnl_unlock();
}
+/* Returned bss is reference counted and must be cleaned up appropriately. */
static struct cfg80211_bss *cfg80211_get_conn_bss(struct wireless_dev *wdev)
{
struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev = wiphy_to_dev(wdev->wiphy);
@@ -699,6 +700,7 @@ void cfg80211_connect_result(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *bssid,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_connect_result);
+/* Consumes bss object one way or another */
void __cfg80211_roamed(struct wireless_dev *wdev,
struct cfg80211_bss *bss,
const u8 *req_ie, size_t req_ie_len,
@@ -775,6 +777,7 @@ void cfg80211_roamed(struct net_device *dev,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_roamed);
+/* Consumes bss object one way or another */
void cfg80211_roamed_bss(struct net_device *dev,
struct cfg80211_bss *bss, const u8 *req_ie,
size_t req_ie_len, const u8 *resp_ie,
--
1.7.3.4
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-06-19 21:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-06-19 21:06 [PATCH-WN 1/3] wireless: Make sure __cfg80211_connect_result always puts bss greearb
2013-06-19 21:06 ` [PATCH-WN 2/3] wireless: Check for dangling wdev->current_bss pointer greearb
2013-06-19 21:06 ` greearb [this message]
2013-06-24 13:56 ` [PATCH-WN 1/3] wireless: Make sure __cfg80211_connect_result always puts bss Johannes Berg
2013-06-24 14:46 ` Ben Greear
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