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wireless: make regdom passing semantics simpler 

The regdom struct is given to the core, so it might as well
free it in error conditions.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Johannes Berg 2008-10-24 20:32:20 +02:00 committed by John W. Linville
parent 7dddaf1a36
commit d2372b3152
4 changed files with 10 additions and 20 deletions
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13
Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt
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@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ struct ieee80211_regdomain mydriver_jp_regdom = {
Then in some part of your code after your wiphy has been registered:
int r;
struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd;
int size_of_regd;
int num_rules = mydriver_jp_regdom.n_reg_rules;
@ -178,17 +177,11 @@ Then in some part of your code after your wiphy has been registered:
rd = kzalloc(size_of_regd, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!rd)
return -ENOMEM;
return -ENOMEM;
memcpy(rd, &mydriver_jp_regdom, sizeof(struct ieee80211_regdomain));
for (i=0; i < num_rules; i++) {
for (i=0; i < num_rules; i++)
memcpy(&rd->reg_rules[i], &mydriver_jp_regdom.reg_rules[i],
sizeof(struct ieee80211_reg_rule));
}
r = regulatory_hint(hw->wiphy, NULL, rd);
if (r) {
kfree(rd);
return r;
}
return regulatory_hint(hw->wiphy, NULL, rd);

3
include/net/wireless.h
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@ -358,8 +358,7 @@ ieee80211_get_channel(struct wiphy *wiphy, int freq)
* for a regulatory domain structure for the respective country. If
* a regulatory domain is build and passed you should set the alpha2
* if possible, otherwise set it to the special value of "99" which tells
* the wireless core it is unknown. If you pass a built regulatory domain
* and we return non zero you are in charge of kfree()'ing the structure.
* the wireless core it is unknown.
*
* Returns -EALREADY if *a regulatory domain* has already been set. Note that
* this could be by another driver. It is safe for drivers to continue if

5
net/wireless/nl80211.c
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@ -1935,12 +1935,9 @@ static int nl80211_set_reg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
mutex_lock(&cfg80211_drv_mutex);
r = set_regdom(rd);
mutex_unlock(&cfg80211_drv_mutex);
if (r)
goto bad_reg;
return r;
bad_reg:
bad_reg:
kfree(rd);
return -EINVAL;
}

9
net/wireless/reg.c
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@ -605,7 +605,6 @@ int __regulatory_hint(struct wiphy *wiphy, enum reg_set_by set_by,
return r;
}
/* If rd is not NULL and if this call fails the caller must free it */
int regulatory_hint(struct wiphy *wiphy, const char *alpha2,
struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd)
{
@ -690,6 +689,7 @@ void print_regdomain_info(const struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd)
print_rd_rules(rd);
}
/* Takes ownership of rd only if it doesn't fail */
static int __set_regdom(const struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd)
{
/* Some basic sanity checks first */
@ -750,16 +750,17 @@ static int __set_regdom(const struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd)
/* Use this call to set the current regulatory domain. Conflicts with
* multiple drivers can be ironed out later. Caller must've already
* kmalloc'd the rd structure. If this calls fails you should kfree()
* the passed rd. Caller must hold cfg80211_drv_mutex */
* kmalloc'd the rd structure. Caller must hold cfg80211_drv_mutex */
int set_regdom(const struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd)
{
int r;
/* Note that this doesn't update the wiphys, this is done below */
r = __set_regdom(rd);
if (r)
if (r) {
kfree(rd);
return r;
}
/* This would make this whole thing pointless */
BUG_ON(rd != cfg80211_regdomain);