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authorJohannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>2009-11-04 14:42:28 +0100
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2009-11-04 18:44:48 -0500
commit5ed176e1c425f9bd1af161d66d348f6116a04fc6 (patch)
treeb03b8be829a8616e6c6c2678a8c590fee889a116 /include/net
parent7fdad987d63f02c8fba30276ba395ac8dc93b719 (diff)
mac80211: make ieee80211_find_sta per virtual interface
Since we have a TODO item to make all station management dependent on virtual interfaces, I figured I'd start with pushing such a change to drivers before more drivers start using the ieee80211_find_sta() API with a hw pointer and cause us grief later on. For now continue exporting the old API in form of ieee80211_find_sta_by_hw(), but discourage its use strongly. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net')
-rw-r--r--include/net/mac80211.h25
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index e12293e60ac1..7f035d779db9 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -2106,16 +2106,37 @@ void ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_cb_irqsafe(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, const u8 *ra,
/**
* ieee80211_find_sta - find a station
*
- * @hw: pointer as obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw()
+ * @vif: virtual interface to look for station on
* @addr: station's address
*
* This function must be called under RCU lock and the
* resulting pointer is only valid under RCU lock as well.
*/
-struct ieee80211_sta *ieee80211_find_sta(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+struct ieee80211_sta *ieee80211_find_sta(struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
const u8 *addr);
/**
+ * ieee80211_find_sta_by_hw - find a station on hardware
+ *
+ * @hw: pointer as obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw()
+ * @addr: station's address
+ *
+ * This function must be called under RCU lock and the
+ * resulting pointer is only valid under RCU lock as well.
+ *
+ * NOTE: This function should not be used! When mac80211 is converted
+ * internally to properly keep track of stations on multiple
+ * virtual interfaces, it will not always know which station to
+ * return here since a single address might be used by multiple
+ * logical stations (e.g. consider a station connecting to another
+ * BSSID on the same AP hardware without disconnecting first).
+ *
+ * DO NOT USE THIS FUNCTION.
+ */
+struct ieee80211_sta *ieee80211_find_sta_by_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+ const u8 *addr);
+
+/**
* ieee80211_beacon_loss - inform hardware does not receive beacons
*
* @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from &struct ieee80211_if_init_conf.