From: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>
To: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>,
Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] mac80211: disallow bridging managed/adhoc interfaces
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:06:27 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091117140626.GE27743@tuxdriver.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200911171504.54170.mb@bu3sch.de>
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 03:04:52PM +0100, Michael Buesch wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 November 2009 14:46:25 Johannes Berg wrote:
> > --- wireless-testing.orig/net/bridge/br_if.c 2009-11-17 14:19:17.000000000 +0100
> > +++ wireless-testing/net/bridge/br_if.c 2009-11-17 14:20:03.000000000 +0100
> > @@ -390,6 +390,10 @@ int br_add_if(struct net_bridge *br, str
> > if (dev->br_port != NULL)
> > return -EBUSY;
> >
> > + /* No bridging devices that dislike that (e.g. wireless) */
> > + if (dev->priv_flags & IFF_DONT_BRIDGE)
> > + return -EINVAL;
>
> -EOPNOTSUPP?
> That would probably produce a better error message in userspace.
Yes, good point.
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From: "John W. Linville" <linville-2XuSBdqkA4R54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org>
To: Michael Buesch <mb-fseUSCV1ubazQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes-cdvu00un1VgdHxzADdlk8Q@public.gmane.org>,
netdev <netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
linux-wireless
<linux-wireless-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
Stephen Hemminger
<shemminger-ZtmgI6mnKB3QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
Felix Fietkau <nbd-p3rKhJxN3npAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] mac80211: disallow bridging managed/adhoc interfaces
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:06:27 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091117140626.GE27743@tuxdriver.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200911171504.54170.mb-fseUSCV1ubazQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 03:04:52PM +0100, Michael Buesch wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 November 2009 14:46:25 Johannes Berg wrote:
> > --- wireless-testing.orig/net/bridge/br_if.c 2009-11-17 14:19:17.000000000 +0100
> > +++ wireless-testing/net/bridge/br_if.c 2009-11-17 14:20:03.000000000 +0100
> > @@ -390,6 +390,10 @@ int br_add_if(struct net_bridge *br, str
> > if (dev->br_port != NULL)
> > return -EBUSY;
> >
> > + /* No bridging devices that dislike that (e.g. wireless) */
> > + if (dev->priv_flags & IFF_DONT_BRIDGE)
> > + return -EINVAL;
>
> -EOPNOTSUPP?
> That would probably produce a better error message in userspace.
Yes, good point.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-17 14:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-11-17 13:46 [RFC] mac80211: disallow bridging managed/adhoc interfaces Johannes Berg
2009-11-17 13:46 ` Johannes Berg
2009-11-17 13:58 ` John W. Linville
2009-11-17 13:58 ` John W. Linville
2009-11-17 14:04 ` Johannes Berg
2009-11-17 14:04 ` Michael Buesch
2009-11-17 14:06 ` John W. Linville [this message]
2009-11-17 14:06 ` John W. Linville
2009-11-17 14:07 ` Johannes Berg
2009-11-17 14:07 ` Johannes Berg
2009-11-17 16:37 ` Stephen Hemminger
2009-11-17 16:37 ` Stephen Hemminger
2009-11-17 16:43 ` Johannes Berg
2009-11-17 16:43 ` Johannes Berg
2009-11-17 17:04 ` Stephen Hemminger
2009-11-17 17:04 ` Stephen Hemminger
2009-11-17 17:05 ` Johannes Berg
2009-11-17 20:41 ` Dan Williams
2009-11-17 20:41 ` Dan Williams
2009-11-17 20:48 ` [RFC v2] " Johannes Berg
2009-11-17 22:42 ` Julian Calaby
2009-11-17 22:42 ` Julian Calaby
2009-11-17 22:46 ` Johannes Berg
2009-11-17 22:50 ` Julian Calaby
2009-11-17 22:42 ` Stephen Hemminger
2009-11-17 22:45 ` Johannes Berg
2009-11-18 1:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-11-18 1:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-11-18 2:59 ` John W. Linville
2009-11-18 2:59 ` John W. Linville
2009-11-18 10:52 ` Johannes Berg
2009-11-18 10:52 ` Johannes Berg
2009-12-11 12:39 ` [RFC] " Markus Baier
2009-12-11 13:00 ` Johannes Berg
2009-12-11 13:18 ` Markus Baier
2009-12-11 13:58 ` Johannes Berg
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