Re: [PATCH 1/3] mac80211: Track auth frame registrations on IBSS ifaces

[Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>]

On Wed, 2012-06-20 at 10:40 -0400, Will Hawkins wrote:
> 
> On 06/20/2012 01:32 AM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 17:59 -0400, Will Hawkins wrote:
> >> Track userspace registrations for authentication
> >> frames received on an IBSS interface. This field
> >> will be used to decide whether or not to send
> >> "open system" authentication frames when a new
> >> station joins an adhoc network.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Will Hawkins <hawkinsw@opentechinstitute.org>
> >> ---
> >>  net/mac80211/cfg.c         |   10 ++++++++++
> >>  net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h |    1 +
> >>  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
> >> index 498c94e..e00a696 100644
> >> --- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
> >> +++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
> >> @@ -2486,6 +2486,16 @@ static void ieee80211_mgmt_frame_register(struct wiphy *wiphy,
> >>  					  u16 frame_type, bool reg)
> >>  {
> >>  	struct ieee80211_local *local = wiphy_priv(wiphy);
> >> +	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF(dev);
> >> +
> >> +	if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC && 
> >> +	    (frame_type == (IEEE80211_FTYPE_MGMT | IEEE80211_STYPE_AUTH))) {
> >> +		struct ieee80211_if_ibss *ifibss = &sdata->u.ibss;
> >> +		if (reg)
> >> +			ifibss->auth_frame_registrations++;
> >> +		else if (reg > 0)
> >> +			ifibss->auth_frame_registrations--;
> > 
> > The "if (reg > 0)" here doesn't seem to make sense?
> 
> Just trying to make sure that it doesn't go negative. I am protecting
> against unmatched unregisters.

reg is a bool, did you mean "if (ifibss->auth_frame_registrations > 0)"?

in any case, you don't really have to care about unmatched unregisters
as cfg80211 tracks all of them anyway.

johannes