Return-path: Received: from smtp.nokia.com ([192.100.122.233]:27914 "EHLO mgw-mx06.nokia.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753004Ab0H0LIN (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:08:13 -0400 From: Juuso Oikarinen To: linville@tuxdriver.com Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, johannes.berg@intel.com Subject: [PATCH 1/4] cfg80211: allow vendor specific cipher suites Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:07:36 +0300 Message-Id: <1282907259-30825-2-git-send-email-juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com> In-Reply-To: <1282907259-30825-1-git-send-email-juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com> References: <1282907259-30825-1-git-send-email-juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Johannes Berg cfg80211 currently rejects all cipher suites it doesn't know about for key length checking purposes. This can lead to inconsistencies when a driver advertises an algorithm that cfg80211 doesn't know about. Remove this rejection so drivers can specify any algorithm they like. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Juuso Oikarinen --- net/wireless/util.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/wireless/util.c b/net/wireless/util.c index 8d961cc..bca32eb 100644 --- a/net/wireless/util.c +++ b/net/wireless/util.c @@ -183,7 +183,14 @@ int cfg80211_validate_key_settings(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev, return -EINVAL; break; default: - return -EINVAL; + /* + * We don't know anything about this algorithm, + * allow using it -- but the driver must check + * all parameters! We still check below whether + * or not the driver supports this algorithm, + * of course. + */ + break; } if (params->seq) { -- 1.6.3.3