* Re: [PATCH] wifi: nl80211: Increase ie_len size to prevent truncated IEs in new peer notifications
[not found] <20260604203027.406815-1-thiyagarajan@aerlync.com>
@ 2026-06-05 5:12 ` kernel test robot
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From: kernel test robot @ 2026-06-05 5:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Thiyagarajan Pandiyan, johannes
Cc: llvm, oe-kbuild-all, linux-kernel, linux-wireless,
Thiyagarajan Pandiyan
Hi Thiyagarajan,
kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:
[auto build test ERROR on wireless-next/main]
[also build test ERROR on wireless/main linus/master v6.16-rc1 next-20260604]
[If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
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url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Thiyagarajan-Pandiyan/wifi-nl80211-Increase-ie_len-size-to-prevent-truncated-IEs-in-new-peer-notifications/20260605-043726
base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless-next.git main
patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260604203027.406815-1-thiyagarajan%40aerlync.com
patch subject: [PATCH] wifi: nl80211: Increase ie_len size to prevent truncated IEs in new peer notifications
config: x86_64-kexec (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260605/202606050734.F3c2JaGN-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: clang version 22.0.0git (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project f43d6834093b19baf79beda8c0337ab020ac5f17)
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260605/202606050734.F3c2JaGN-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)
If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202606050734.F3c2JaGN-lkp@intel.com/
All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):
>> net/wireless/nl80211.c:21357:6: error: conflicting types for 'cfg80211_notify_new_peer_candidate'
21357 | void cfg80211_notify_new_peer_candidate(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *addr,
| ^
include/net/cfg80211.h:8687:6: note: previous declaration is here
8687 | void cfg80211_notify_new_peer_candidate(struct net_device *dev,
| ^
1 error generated.
vim +/cfg80211_notify_new_peer_candidate +21357 net/wireless/nl80211.c
04a773ade0680d Johannes Berg 2009-04-19 21356
947add36ca2dcd Johannes Berg 2013-02-22 @21357 void cfg80211_notify_new_peer_candidate(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *addr,
a63204d4bff16d Thiyagarajan Pandiyan 2026-06-05 21358 const u8 *ie, size_t ie_len,
ecbc12ad6b6826 Bob Copeland 2018-10-26 21359 int sig_dbm, gfp_t gfp)
c93b5e717ec47b Javier Cardona 2011-04-07 21360 {
947add36ca2dcd Johannes Berg 2013-02-22 21361 struct wireless_dev *wdev = dev->ieee80211_ptr;
f26cbf401be935 Zhao, Gang 2014-04-21 21362 struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev = wiphy_to_rdev(wdev->wiphy);
c93b5e717ec47b Javier Cardona 2011-04-07 21363 struct sk_buff *msg;
c93b5e717ec47b Javier Cardona 2011-04-07 21364 void *hdr;
c93b5e717ec47b Javier Cardona 2011-04-07 21365
947add36ca2dcd Johannes Berg 2013-02-22 21366 if (WARN_ON(wdev->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT))
947add36ca2dcd Johannes Berg 2013-02-22 21367 return;
947add36ca2dcd Johannes Berg 2013-02-22 21368
947add36ca2dcd Johannes Berg 2013-02-22 21369 trace_cfg80211_notify_new_peer_candidate(dev, addr);
947add36ca2dcd Johannes Berg 2013-02-22 21370
4ef8c1c93f848e Johannes Berg 2017-01-09 21371 msg = nlmsg_new(100 + ie_len, gfp);
c93b5e717ec47b Javier Cardona 2011-04-07 21372 if (!msg)
c93b5e717ec47b Javier Cardona 2011-04-07 21373 return;
c93b5e717ec47b Javier Cardona 2011-04-07 21374
c93b5e717ec47b Javier Cardona 2011-04-07 21375 hdr = nl80211hdr_put(msg, 0, 0, 0, NL80211_CMD_NEW_PEER_CANDIDATE);
c93b5e717ec47b Javier Cardona 2011-04-07 21376 if (!hdr) {
c93b5e717ec47b Javier Cardona 2011-04-07 21377 nlmsg_free(msg);
c93b5e717ec47b Javier Cardona 2011-04-07 21378 return;
c93b5e717ec47b Javier Cardona 2011-04-07 21379 }
c93b5e717ec47b Javier Cardona 2011-04-07 21380
9360ffd1859720 David S. Miller 2012-03-29 21381 if (nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY, rdev->wiphy_idx) ||
947add36ca2dcd Johannes Berg 2013-02-22 21382 nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX, dev->ifindex) ||
947add36ca2dcd Johannes Berg 2013-02-22 21383 nla_put(msg, NL80211_ATTR_MAC, ETH_ALEN, addr) ||
9360ffd1859720 David S. Miller 2012-03-29 21384 (ie_len && ie &&
ecbc12ad6b6826 Bob Copeland 2018-10-26 21385 nla_put(msg, NL80211_ATTR_IE, ie_len, ie)) ||
ecbc12ad6b6826 Bob Copeland 2018-10-26 21386 (sig_dbm &&
ecbc12ad6b6826 Bob Copeland 2018-10-26 21387 nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_RX_SIGNAL_DBM, sig_dbm)))
9360ffd1859720 David S. Miller 2012-03-29 21388 goto nla_put_failure;
c93b5e717ec47b Javier Cardona 2011-04-07 21389
3b7b72eed19684 Johannes Berg 2011-10-22 21390 genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
c93b5e717ec47b Javier Cardona 2011-04-07 21391
68eb55031da7c9 Johannes Berg 2013-11-19 21392 genlmsg_multicast_netns(&nl80211_fam, wiphy_net(&rdev->wiphy), msg, 0,
2a94fe48f32ccf Johannes Berg 2013-11-19 21393 NL80211_MCGRP_MLME, gfp);
c93b5e717ec47b Javier Cardona 2011-04-07 21394 return;
c93b5e717ec47b Javier Cardona 2011-04-07 21395
c93b5e717ec47b Javier Cardona 2011-04-07 21396 nla_put_failure:
c93b5e717ec47b Javier Cardona 2011-04-07 21397 nlmsg_free(msg);
c93b5e717ec47b Javier Cardona 2011-04-07 21398 }
947add36ca2dcd Johannes Berg 2013-02-22 21399 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_notify_new_peer_candidate);
c93b5e717ec47b Javier Cardona 2011-04-07 21400
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