* [PATCH] wireless: clean up radiotap a bit
@ 2008-11-27 22:13 Johannes Berg
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From: Johannes Berg @ 2008-11-27 22:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: John Linville; +Cc: linux-wireless
No need to pad the header so no constant needed for that,
no need to carry any version number from netbsd nor CVS
IDs from them.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c | 24 +++---------------------
drivers/net/wireless/libertas/radiotap.h | 3 ---
include/net/ieee80211_radiotap.h | 15 +++------------
3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
--- everything.orig/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c 2008-11-27 23:11:11.000000000 +0100
+++ everything/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c 2008-11-27 23:11:29.000000000 +0100
@@ -7810,15 +7810,6 @@ static void ipw_handle_data_packet_monit
memmove(rxb->skb->data + sizeof(struct ipw_rt_hdr),
rxb->skb->data + IPW_RX_FRAME_SIZE, len);
- /* Zero the radiotap static buffer ... We only need to zero the bytes NOT
- * part of our real header, saves a little time.
- *
- * No longer necessary since we fill in all our data. Purge before merging
- * patch officially.
- * memset(rxb->skb->data + sizeof(struct ipw_rt_hdr), 0,
- * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_HDRLEN - sizeof(struct ipw_rt_hdr));
- */
-
ipw_rt = (struct ipw_rt_hdr *)rxb->skb->data;
ipw_rt->rt_hdr.it_version = PKTHDR_RADIOTAP_VERSION;
@@ -8026,15 +8017,6 @@ static void ipw_handle_promiscuous_rx(st
memcpy(ipw_rt->payload, hdr, len);
- /* Zero the radiotap static buffer ... We only need to zero the bytes
- * NOT part of our real header, saves a little time.
- *
- * No longer necessary since we fill in all our data. Purge before
- * merging patch officially.
- * memset(rxb->skb->data + sizeof(struct ipw_rt_hdr), 0,
- * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_HDRLEN - sizeof(struct ipw_rt_hdr));
- */
-
ipw_rt->rt_hdr.it_version = PKTHDR_RADIOTAP_VERSION;
ipw_rt->rt_hdr.it_pad = 0; /* always good to zero */
ipw_rt->rt_hdr.it_len = cpu_to_le16(sizeof(*ipw_rt)); /* total header+data */
@@ -10435,9 +10417,9 @@ static void ipw_handle_promiscuous_tx(st
} else
len = src->len;
- dst = alloc_skb(
- len + IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_HDRLEN, GFP_ATOMIC);
- if (!dst) continue;
+ dst = alloc_skb(len + sizeof(*rt_hdr), GFP_ATOMIC);
+ if (!dst)
+ continue;
rt_hdr = (void *)skb_put(dst, sizeof(*rt_hdr));
--- everything.orig/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/radiotap.h 2008-11-27 23:11:28.000000000 +0100
+++ everything/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/radiotap.h 2008-11-27 23:11:36.000000000 +0100
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ struct tx_radiotap_hdr {
u8 txpower;
u8 rts_retries;
u8 data_retries;
-#if 0
- u8 pad[IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_HDRLEN - 12];
-#endif
} __attribute__ ((packed));
#define TX_RADIOTAP_PRESENT ( \
--- everything.orig/include/net/ieee80211_radiotap.h 2008-11-27 23:11:27.000000000 +0100
+++ everything/include/net/ieee80211_radiotap.h 2008-11-27 23:11:36.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-/* $FreeBSD: src/sys/net80211/ieee80211_radiotap.h,v 1.5 2005/01/22 20:12:05 sam Exp $ */
-/* $NetBSD: ieee80211_radiotap.h,v 1.11 2005/06/22 06:16:02 dyoung Exp $ */
-
-/*-
+/*
* Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 David Young. All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -42,8 +39,6 @@
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <asm/unaligned.h>
-/* Radiotap header version (from official NetBSD feed) */
-#define IEEE80211RADIOTAP_VERSION "1.5"
/* Base version of the radiotap packet header data */
#define PKTHDR_RADIOTAP_VERSION 0
@@ -62,12 +57,8 @@
* readers.
*/
-/* XXX tcpdump/libpcap do not tolerate variable-length headers,
- * yet, so we pad every radiotap header to 64 bytes. Ugh.
- */
-#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_HDRLEN 64
-
-/* The radio capture header precedes the 802.11 header.
+/*
+ * The radio capture header precedes the 802.11 header.
* All data in the header is little endian on all platforms.
*/
struct ieee80211_radiotap_header {
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