Return-path: Received: from diserzione.investici.org ([82.221.99.153]:59709 "EHLO diserzione.investici.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754050Ab3FRMbS (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:31:18 -0400 From: Antonio Quartulli To: Johannes Berg Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Antonio Quartulli Subject: [PATCH] nl80211: allow to register for mgmt frames without a matching pattern Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:29:14 +0200 Message-Id: <1371558554-367-1-git-send-email-ordex@autistici.org> (sfid-20130618_143121_449409_2DE3C41E) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Antonio Quartulli It may be the case that a user wants to register for any frame of a particular type. Allow this operation by passing null as matching pattern and 0 as pattern len when registering for the frame. This is useful to wpa_supplicant when it wants to receive any AUTH frame. Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli --- net/wireless/nl80211.c | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c index e402819..878d346 100644 --- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c +++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c @@ -7099,9 +7099,11 @@ static int nl80211_register_mgmt(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev = info->user_ptr[0]; struct wireless_dev *wdev = info->user_ptr[1]; u16 frame_type = IEEE80211_FTYPE_MGMT | IEEE80211_STYPE_ACTION; + void *data = nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_FRAME_MATCH]); + int len = 0; - if (!info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_FRAME_MATCH]) - return -EINVAL; + if (data) + len = nla_len(data); if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_FRAME_TYPE]) frame_type = nla_get_u16(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_FRAME_TYPE]); @@ -7125,8 +7127,7 @@ static int nl80211_register_mgmt(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) return -EOPNOTSUPP; return cfg80211_mlme_register_mgmt(wdev, info->snd_portid, frame_type, - nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_FRAME_MATCH]), - nla_len(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_FRAME_MATCH])); + data, len); } static int nl80211_tx_mgmt(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) -- 1.8.1.5