Re: [PATCH] d80211: don't symlink empty default keys

[Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de>]

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Jiri Benc wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 23:33:34 +0100, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> This gets rid of annoying
>>
>> wlan0: cannot create symlink to default key
>>
>> in my syslog with latest rt2x00. The patch takes care that in case of
>> (key/old_key == NULL && set_tx_key) the existing default key symlink is
>> removed correctly. Moreover, it tests for key!=NULL before trying to register
>> a new default link.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de>
>>
>> ---
>>  ieee80211/ieee80211_ioctl.c |    6 +++---
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> Index: rt2x00/ieee80211/ieee80211_ioctl.c
>> ===================================================================
>> --- rt2x00.orig/ieee80211/ieee80211_ioctl.c
>> +++ rt2x00/ieee80211/ieee80211_ioctl.c
>> @@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ static int ieee80211_set_encryption(stru
>>  		}
>>  		kfree(keyconf);
>>  
>> -		if (key && sdata->default_key == key) {
>> +		if (set_tx_key || (key && sdata->default_key == key)) {
>>  			ieee80211_key_sysfs_remove_default(sdata);
> 
> This is not correct when set_tx_key is set and sdata->default_key is
> NULL.

Hmm, is this required? Will sysfs_remove_link panic on non-existent
nodes? If yes or if it's considered better style, are you OK with
catching NULL in ieee80211_key_sysfs_remove_default and refactoring the
existing tests along this way?

Jan


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