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2014-05-29Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jberg/mac80211-nextJohn W. Linville4-19/+24
2014-05-27regdb: Generalize the mW to dBm power conversionchaitanya.mgit@gmail.com1-12/+2
Generalize the power conversion from mW to dBm using log. This should fix the below compilation error for country NO which adds a new power value 2000mW which is not handled earlier. CC [M] net/wireless/wext-sme.o CC [M] net/wireless/regdb.o net/wireless/regdb.c:1130:1: error: Unknown undeclared here (not in a function) net/wireless/regdb.c:1130:9: error: expected } before power make[2]: *** [net/wireless/regdb.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [net/wireless] Error 2 make: *** [net] Error 2 Reported-By: John Walker <john@x109.net> Signed-off-by: Chaitanya T K <chaitanya.mgit@gmail.com> Acked-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> [remove unneeded parentheses, fix rounding by using %.0f] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-05-26cfg80211: send events when devices are added/removedJohannes Berg3-7/+22
We're currently sending NEW_WIPHY events for renames (which is a bit odd, but now can't be changed), but also send them for really new devices that register. Also send DEL_WIPHY events when a device is removed, the event ID for this was already reserved. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-05-22Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jberg/mac80211-nextJohn W. Linville13-77/+252
2014-05-22cfg80211: allow RSSI compensationEmmanuel Grumbach1-4/+8
Channels in 2.4GHz band overlap, this means that if we send a probe request on channel 1 and then move to channel 2, we will hear the probe response on channel 2. In this case, the RSSI will be lower than if we had heard it on the channel on which it was sent (1 in this case). The firmware / low level driver can parse the channel in the DS IE or HT IE and compensate the RSSI so that it will still have a valid value even if we heard the frame on an adjacent channel. This can be done up to a certain offset. Add this offset as a configuration for the low level driver. A low level driver that can compensate the low RSSI in this case should assign the maximal offset for which the RSSI value is still valid. Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-05-21cfg80211: don't set reg timeout for user-handled hintArik Nemtsov1-1/+2
Otherwise every "indoor" setting by usermode will cause a regdomain reset. Acked-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov <arikx.nemtsov@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-05-21cfg80211: implement cfg80211_get_station cfg80211 APIAntonio Quartulli2-1/+19
Implement and export the new cfg80211_get_station() API. This utility can be used by other kernel modules to obtain detailed information about a given wireless station. It will be in particular useful to batman-adv which will implement a wireless rate based metric. Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@open-mesh.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-05-20cfg80211: export expected throughput through get_station()Antonio Quartulli1-0/+4
Users may need information about the expected throughput towards a given peer. This value is supposed to consider the size overhead generated by the 802.11 header. This value is exported in kbps through the get_station() API by including it into the station_info object. Moreover, it is sent to user space when replying to the nl80211 GET_STATION command. This information will be useful to the batman-adv module which will use it for its new metric computation. Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@open-mesh.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-05-19cfg80211: constify wowlan/coalesce mask/pattern pointersJohannes Berg1-17/+22
This requires changing the nl80211 parsing code a bit to use intermediate pointers for the allocation, but clarifies the API towards the drivers. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-05-19cfg80211: constify more pointers in the cfg80211 APIJohannes Berg3-3/+4
This also propagates through the drivers. The orinoco driver uses the cfg80211 API structs for internal bookkeeping, and so needs a (void *) cast that removes the const - but that's OK because it allocates those pointers. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-05-15cfg80211: Support multiple CSA countersAndrei Otcheretianski3-23/+66
Change the type of NL80211_ATTR_CSA_C_OFF_BEACON and NL80211_ATTR_CSA_C_OFF_PRESP to be NLA_BINARY which allows userspace to use beacons and probe responses with multiple CSA counters. This isn't breaking the API since userspace can continue to use nla_put_u16 for this attributes, which is equivalent to a single element u16 array. In addition advertise max number of supported CSA counters. This is needed when using CSA and eCSA IEs together. Signed-off-by: Andrei Otcheretianski <andrei.otcheretianski@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-05-15cfg80211: Add API to update CSA counters in mgmt framesAndrei Otcheretianski1-2/+22
Add NL80211_ATTR_CSA_C_OFFSETS_TX which holds an array of offsets to the CSA counters which should be updated when sending a management frames with NL80211_CMD_FRAME. This API should be used by the drivers that wish to keep the CSA counter updated in probe responses, but do not implement probe response offloading and so, do not use ieee80211_proberesp_get function. Signed-off-by: Andrei Otcheretianski <andrei.otcheretianski@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-05-15cfg80211: pass the actual iftype when calling cfg80211_chandef_dfs_required()Luciano Coelho2-4/+3
There is no need to pass NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED when calling cfg80211_chandef_dfs_required() since we always already have the interface type. So, pass the actual interface type instead. Additionally, have cfg80211_chandef_dfs_required() WARN if the passed interface type is NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED, so we can detect problems more easily. Tested-by: Janusz Dziedzic <janusz.dziedzic@tieto.com> Reported-by: Eliad Peller <eliad@wizery.com> Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-05-14cfg80211: fix start_radar_detection issueJanusz Dziedzic1-1/+1
After patch: cfg80211/mac80211: refactor cfg80211_chandef_dfs_required() start_radar_detection always fail with -EINVAL. Acked-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Janusz Dziedzic <janusz.dziedzic@tieto.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-05-13Merge branch 'master' of ↵John W. Linville2-3/+11
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless
2014-05-13cfg80211: allow restricting supported dfs regionsFelix Fietkau2-2/+18
At the moment, the ath9k/ath10k DFS module only supports detecting ETSI radar patterns. Add a bitmap in the interface combinations, indicating which DFS regions are supported by the detector. If unset, support for all regions is assumed. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-05-09mac80211: handle failed restart/resume betterJohannes Berg1-6/+14
When the driver fails during HW restart or resume, the whole stack goes into a very confused state with interfaces being up while the hardware is down etc. Address this by shutting down everything; we'll run into a lot of warnings in the process but that's better than having the whole stack get messed up. Reviewed-by: Arik Nemtsov <arik@wizery.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-05-06cfg80211: export interface stopping functionMichal Kazior6-11/+65
This exports a new cfg80211_stop_iface() function. This is intended for driver internal interface combination management and channel switching. Due to locking issues (it re-enters driver) the call is asynchronous and uses cfg80211 event list/worker. Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@tieto.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-05-05cfg80211: add cfg80211_sched_scan_stopped_rtnlEliad Peller1-2/+10
Add locked-version for cfg80211_sched_scan_stopped. This is used for some users that might want to call it when rtnl is already locked. Fixes: d43c6b6 ("mac80211: reschedule sched scan after HW restart") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org (3.14+) Signed-off-by: Eliad Peller <eliadx.peller@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-05-05cfg80211: free sme on connection failuresEliad Peller1-1/+1
cfg80211 is notified about connection failures by __cfg80211_connect_result() call. However, this function currently does not free cfg80211 sme. This results in hanging connection attempts in some cases e.g. when mac80211 authentication attempt is denied, we have this function call: ieee80211_rx_mgmt_auth() -> cfg80211_rx_mlme_mgmt() -> cfg80211_process_auth() -> cfg80211_sme_rx_auth() -> __cfg80211_connect_result() but cfg80211_sme_free() is never get called. Fixes: ceca7b712 ("cfg80211: separate internal SME implementation") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org (3.10+) Signed-off-by: Eliad Peller <eliadx.peller@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-29cfg80211: remove BUG_ON usageJohannes Berg2-3/+5
These really can't trigger unless somebody messes up the code, but don't make debugging it needlessly complicated, WARN and return instead of BUG_ON(). Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-28cfg80211: Dynamic channel bandwidth changes in AP modeJouni Malinen3-12/+59
This extends NL80211_CMD_SET_CHANNEL to allow dynamic channel bandwidth changes in AP mode (including P2P GO) during a lifetime of the BSS. This can be used to implement, e.g., HT 20/40 MHz co-existence rules on the 2.4 GHz band. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni@qca.qualcomm.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-25cfg80211: Use 5MHz bandwidth by default when checking usable channelsRostislav Lisovy1-7/+15
Current code checks if the 20MHz bandwidth is allowed for particular channel -- if it is not, the channel is disabled. Since we need to use 5/10 MHz channels, this code is modified in the way that the default bandwidth to check is 5MHz. If the maximum bandwidth allowed by the channel is smaller than 5MHz, the channel is disabled. Otherwise the channel is used and the flags are set according to the bandwidth allowed by the channel. Signed-off-by: Rostislav Lisovy <rostislav.lisovy@fel.cvut.cz> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-25cfg80211: Add attributes describing prohibited channel bandwidthRostislav Lisovy2-0/+15
Since there are frequency bands (e.g. 5.9GHz) allowing channels with only 10 or 5 MHz bandwidth, this patch adds attributes that allow keeping track about this information. When channel attributes are reported to user-space, make sure to not break old tools, i.e. if the 'split wiphy dump' is enabled, report the extra attributes (if present) describing the bandwidth restrictions. If the 'split wiphy dump' is not enabled, completely omit those channels that have flags set to either IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_10MHZ or IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_20MHZ. Add the check for new bandwidth restriction flags in cfg80211_chandef_usable() to comply with the restrictions. Signed-off-by: Rostislav Lisovy <rostislav.lisovy@fel.cvut.cz> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-25cfg80211: change return value of notifier functionZhao, Gang2-2/+4
Return NOTIFY_DONE if we don't care this time's notification, return NOTIFY_OK if we successfully handled this time's notification. That's the formal way to do it. Signed-off-by: Zhao, Gang <gamerh2o@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-25cfg80211: change wiphy_to_dev function nameZhao, Gang12-117/+118
Name wiphy_to_rdev is more accurate to describe what the function does, i.e., return a pointer pointing to struct cfg80211_registered_device. Signed-off-by: Zhao, Gang <gamerh2o@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-25cfg80211: change registered device pointer nameZhao, Gang3-196/+196
Name "dev" is too common and ambiguous, let all the pointer name pointing to struct cfg80211_registered_device be "rdev". This can improve code readability and consistency(since other places have already called it rdev). Signed-off-by: Zhao, Gang <gamerh2o@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-25cfg80211: allow drivers to iterate over matching combinationsMichal Kazior1-7/+37
The patch splits cfg80211_check_combinations() into an iterator function and a simple iteration user. This makes it possible for drivers to asses how many channels can use given iftype setup. This in turn can be used for future multi-interface/multi-channel channel switching. Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@tieto.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-25cfg80211: Fix GO Concurrent relaxation on UNII-3Ilan Peer1-1/+17
At some locations, channels 149-165 are considered a single bundle, while at some other locations, e.g., Indonesia, channels 149-161 are considered a single bundle, while channel 165 belongs to a different bundle. This means that: 1. A station interface connection to an AP on channel 165 allows the instantiation of a P2P GO on channels 149-165. 2. A station interface connection to an AP on channels 149-161 does NOT allow the instantiation of a P2P GO on channel 165. Fix this. Signed-off-by: Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-22cfg80211: fix processing world regdomain when non modularLuis R. Rodriguez1-1/+1
This allows processing of the last regulatory request when we determine its still pending. Without this if a regulatory request failed to get processed by userspace we wouldn't be able to re-process it later. An example situation that can lead to an unprocessed last_request is enabling cfg80211 to be built-in to the kernel, not enabling CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB and the CRDA binary not being available at the time the udev rule that kicks of CRDA triggers. In such a situation we want to let some cfg80211 triggers eventually kick CRDA for us again. Without this if the first cycle attempt to kick off CRDA failed we'd be stuck without the ability to change process any further regulatory domains. cfg80211 will trigger re-processing of the regulatory queue whenever schedule_work(&reg_work) is called, currently this happens when: * suspend / resume * disconnect * a beacon hint gets triggered (non DFS 5 GHz AP found) * a regulatory request gets added to the queue We don't have any specific opportunistic late boot triggers to address a late mount of where CRDA resides though, adding that should be done separately through another patch. Without an opportunistic fix then this fix relies at least one of the triggeres above to happen. Reported-by: Sander Eikelenboom <linux@eikelenboom.it> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-22cfg80211: avoid freeing last_request while in flightArik Nemtsov1-8/+16
Avoid freeing the last request while it is being processed. This can happen in some cases if reg_work is kicked for some reason while the currently pending request is in flight. Cc: Sander Eikelenboom <linux@eikelenboom.it> Tested-by: Eliad Peller <eliad@wizery.com> Tested-by: Colleen Twitty <colleen@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov <arik@wizery.com> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-11cfg80211: reg: set DFS CAC time in case of custom regdJanusz Dziedzic1-0/+7
Set DFS CAC time also in case of using custom and strict regulatory from drivers. In other case we could have unset DFS CAC time directly after driver loaded and before issue regulatory set from user mode. Signed-off-by: Janusz Dziedzic <janusz.dziedzic@tieto.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-10cfg80211: ignore invalid BSSIDs when looking for BSSesJohannes Berg1-0/+2
When looking for a BSS matching given parameters, ignore invalid BSSIDs. This avoids, for example, trying to join an IBSS that has a multicast BSSID, which isn't supported by all drivers nor is it a valid configuration of the IBSS so better create a new one with a correctly chosen random BSSID. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-10cfg80211: reject invalid IBSS BSSIDs in wext compat codeJohannes Berg1-0/+3
Don't allow using a multicast address as the BSSID, that isn't a valid configuration. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-10cfg80211: remove unused wiphy argument from cfg80211_wext_freq()Zhao, Gang5-8/+12
cfg80211_wext_freq() is declared in wext-compat.h, but its parameter struct wiphy's declaration is not included there. As the parameter isn't used, just remove it. Signed-off-by: Zhao, Gang <gamerh2o@gmail.com> [remove parameter instead of changing to netdev] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-09cfg80211: fix radar_detect combination checkingMichal Kazior1-1/+1
All bits from radar_detect must match combination radar bitmask. Otherwise it is theoretically possible to lead into an invalid combination provided a driver reports strange combinations. Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@tieto.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-09cfg80211/mac80211: move more combination checks to mac80211Luciano Coelho4-38/+5
Get rid of the cfg80211_can_add_interface() and cfg80211_can_change_interface() functions by moving that functionality to mac80211. With this patch all interface combination checks are now out of cfg80211 (except for the channel switch case which will be addressed in a future commit). Additionally, modify the ieee80211_check_combinations() function so that an undefined chandef can be passed, in order to use it before a channel is defined. Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-09cfg80211/mac80211: move combination check to mac80211 for ibssLuciano Coelho1-28/+0
Now that mac80211 can check the interface combinations itself, move the combinations check from cfg80211 to mac80211 when joining an IBSS. Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-09cfg80211/mac80211: move interface counting for combination check to mac80211Luciano Coelho6-76/+17
Move the counting part of the interface combination check from cfg80211 to mac80211. This is needed to simplify locking when the driver has to perform a combination check by itself (eg. with channel-switch). Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-09cfg80211/mac80211: refactor cfg80211_chandef_dfs_required()Luciano Coelho3-40/+78
Some interface types don't require DFS (such as STATION, P2P_CLIENT etc). In order to centralize these decisions, make cfg80211_chandef_dfs_required() take the iftype into consideration. Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-09cfg80211: refactor cfg80211_can_use_iftype_chan()Luciano Coelho1-56/+73
Separate the code that counts the interface types and channels from the code that check the interface combinations. The new function that checks for combinations is exported so it can be called by the drivers. This is done in preparation for moving the interface combinations checks out of cfg80211. Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-09cfg80211: Enable GO operation on indoor channelsIlan Peer3-2/+20
Allow GO operation on a channel marked with IEEE80211_CHAN_INDOOR_ONLY iff there is a user hint indicating that the platform is operating in an indoor environment, i.e., the platform is a printer or media center device. Signed-off-by: Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-09cfg80211: Add an option to hint indoor operationIlan Peer3-12/+65
Add the option to hint the wireless core that it is operating in an indoor environment. Signed-off-by: Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-09cfg80211: Enable GO operation on additional channelsIlan Peer7-12/+154
Allow GO operation on a channel marked with IEEE80211_CHAN_GO_CONCURRENT iff there is an active station interface that is associated to an AP operating on the same channel in the 2 GHz band or the same UNII band (in the 5 GHz band). This relaxation is not allowed if the channel is marked with IEEE80211_CHAN_RADAR. Note that this is a permissive approach to the FCC definitions, that require a clear assessment that the device operating the AP is an authorized master, i.e., with radar detection and DFS capabilities. It is assumed that such restrictions are enforced by user space. Furthermore, it is assumed, that if the conditions that allowed for the operation of the GO on such a channel change, i.e., the station interface disconnected from the AP, it is the responsibility of user space to evacuate the GO from the channel. Signed-off-by: Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-09cfg80211: Add Kconfig option for cellular BS hintsIlan Peer2-1/+14
Move the regulatory cellular base station hints support under a specific configuration option and make the option depend on CFG80211_CERTIFICATION_ONUS. Signed-off-by: Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-09cfg80211: Add indoor only and GO concurrent channel attributesDavid Spinadel2-0/+8
The FCC are clarifying some soft configuration requirements, which among other include the following: 1. Indoor operation, where a device can use channels requiring indoor operation, subject to that it can guarantee indoor operation, i.e., the device is connected to AC Power or the device is under the control of a local master that is acting as an AP and is connected to AC Power. 2. Concurrent GO operation, where devices may instantiate a P2P GO while they are under the guidance of an authorized master. For example, on a channel on which a BSS is connected to an authorized master, i.e., with DFS and radar detection capability in the UNII band. See https://apps.fcc.gov/eas/comments/GetPublishedDocument.html?id=327&tn=528122 Add support for advertising Indoor-only and GO-Concurrent channel properties. Signed-off-by: David Spinadel <david.spinadel@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-09cfg80211: slightly clean up of cfg80211_sme_connect()Zhao, Gang1-2/+1
Wdev->ssid_len has already been set in cfg80211_connect() and is equal to connect->ssid_len. Use wdev->ssid_len instead of connect->ssid_len so it will be consistent with previous ssid assignment statement. If bss is found in cfg80211_get_conn_bss(), wdev->conn->state is set to CFG80211_CONN_AUTHENTICATE_NEXT in there. So it's not needed to set it manually to CFG80211_CONN_AUTHENTICATE_NEXT if bss is found in that function. Signed-off-by: Zhao, Gang <gamerh2o@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-09cfg80211: regulatory: use RCU_INIT_POINTERMonam Agarwal1-1/+1
rcu_assign_pointer() ensures that the initialization of a structure is carried out before storing a pointer to that structure. However, in the case that NULL is assigned there's no structure to initialize so using RCU_INIT_POINTER instead is safe and more efficient. Signed-off-by: Monam Agarwal <monamagarwal123@gmail.com> [rewrite commit log] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-04-09cfg80211: allow userspace to take ownership of interfacesJohannes Berg3-1/+82
When dynamically creating interfaces from userspace, e.g. for P2P usage, such interfaces are usually owned by the process that created them, i.e. wpa_supplicant. Should wpa_supplicant crash, such interfaces will often cease operating properly and cause problems on restarting the process. To avoid this problem, introduce an ownership concept for interfaces. If an interface is owned by a netlink socket, then it will be destroyed if the netlink socket is closed for any reason, including if the process it belongs to crashed. This gives us a race-free way to get rid of any such interfaces. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2014-03-21Merge branch 'master' of ↵John W. Linville14-82/+163
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next into for-davem
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