[PATCH wireless v2] wifi: mac80211_hwsim: send config events to the radio's net namespace
From: Maoyi Xie
Date: Fri Sep 04 2026 - 11:32:15 EST
hwsim_mcast_config_msg() falls back to genlmsg_multicast() when it has no
genl_info, and that only reaches init_net. A radio in another namespace
therefore has its DEL_RADIO announced in init_net, while its own namespace
hears nothing.
Multicast to wiphy_net() instead, the net that GET and DUMP already filter
on. Tested with a config-group listener in each namespace, on a base and a
patched kernel.
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5 codeql
Signed-off-by: Maoyi Xie <maoyixie.tju@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: rewrote the commit message; dropped Fixes: and Cc: stable.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/20260809113908.2218030-1-maoyixie.tju@xxxxxxxxx/
.../wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim_main.c | 19 ++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim_main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim_main.c
index 02b6d81cccd118..d77f54daefc519 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim_main.c
@@ -4396,15 +4396,15 @@ struct hwsim_new_radio_params {
bool background_radar;
};
-static void hwsim_mcast_config_msg(struct sk_buff *mcast_skb,
+static void hwsim_mcast_config_msg(struct sk_buff *mcast_skb, struct net *net,
struct genl_info *info)
{
if (info)
genl_notify(&hwsim_genl_family, mcast_skb, info,
HWSIM_MCGRP_CONFIG, GFP_KERNEL);
else
- genlmsg_multicast(&hwsim_genl_family, mcast_skb, 0,
- HWSIM_MCGRP_CONFIG, GFP_KERNEL);
+ genlmsg_multicast_netns(&hwsim_genl_family, net, mcast_skb, 0,
+ HWSIM_MCGRP_CONFIG, GFP_KERNEL);
}
static int append_radio_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, int id,
@@ -4488,7 +4488,8 @@ static int append_radio_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, int id,
return 0;
}
-static void hwsim_mcast_new_radio(int id, struct genl_info *info,
+static void hwsim_mcast_new_radio(int id, struct net *net,
+ struct genl_info *info,
struct hwsim_new_radio_params *param)
{
struct sk_buff *mcast_skb;
@@ -4508,7 +4509,7 @@ static void hwsim_mcast_new_radio(int id, struct genl_info *info,
genlmsg_end(mcast_skb, data);
- hwsim_mcast_config_msg(mcast_skb, info);
+ hwsim_mcast_config_msg(mcast_skb, net, info);
return;
out_err:
@@ -6190,7 +6191,7 @@ static int mac80211_hwsim_new_radio(struct genl_info *info,
hwsim_radios_generation++;
spin_unlock_bh(&hwsim_radio_lock);
- hwsim_mcast_new_radio(idx, info, param);
+ hwsim_mcast_new_radio(idx, wiphy_net(data->hw->wiphy), info, param);
return idx;
@@ -6208,7 +6209,7 @@ static int mac80211_hwsim_new_radio(struct genl_info *info,
}
static void hwsim_mcast_del_radio(int id, const char *hwname,
- struct genl_info *info)
+ struct net *net, struct genl_info *info)
{
struct sk_buff *skb;
void *data;
@@ -6234,7 +6235,7 @@ static void hwsim_mcast_del_radio(int id, const char *hwname,
genlmsg_end(skb, data);
- hwsim_mcast_config_msg(skb, info);
+ hwsim_mcast_config_msg(skb, net, info);
return;
@@ -6246,7 +6247,7 @@ static void mac80211_hwsim_del_radio(struct mac80211_hwsim_data *data,
const char *hwname,
struct genl_info *info)
{
- hwsim_mcast_del_radio(data->idx, hwname, info);
+ hwsim_mcast_del_radio(data->idx, hwname, wiphy_net(data->hw->wiphy), info);
debugfs_remove_recursive(data->debugfs);
ieee80211_unregister_hw(data->hw);
device_release_driver(data->dev);
--
2.34.1