Re: [PATCH 0/12]: Proper compat WEXT support.

From: Masakazu Mokuno
Date: Mon Jun 16 2008 - 05:17:18 EST



On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:53:32 -0700 (PDT)
David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Here is a new version of patch 12, which should fix the problems
> you reported here. The idea is simple, all references to
> IW_EV_LCP_LEN are replaced with calls to a new inline function
> named iwe_stream_lcp_len() which returns the compat value if
> necessary.
>
> wext: Emit event stream entries correctly when compat.
>
> Three major portions to this change:
>
> 1) Add IW_EV_COMPAT_LCP_LEN, IW_EV_COMPAT_POINT_OFF,
> and IW_EV_COMPAT_POINT_LEN helper defines.
>
> 2) Delete iw_stream_check_add_*(), they are unused.
>
> 3) Add iw_request_info argument to iwe_stream_add_*(), and use it to
> size the event and pointer lengths correctly depending upon whether
> IW_REQUEST_FLAG_COMPAT is set or not.
>
> 4) The mechanical transformations to the drivers and wireless stack
> bits to get the iw_request_info passed down into the routines
> modified in #3. Also, explicit references to IW_EV_LCP_LEN are
> replaced with iwe_stream_lcp_len(info).
>
> With a lot of help and bug fixes from Masakazu Mokuno.
>
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/ps3_gelic_wireless.c | 30 +++---
> drivers/net/wireless/airo.c | 43 +++++---
> drivers/net/wireless/atmel.c | 24 ++++-
> drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap.h | 3 +-
> drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_ap.c | 32 +++---
> drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_ioctl.c | 58 ++++++-----
> drivers/net/wireless/libertas/scan.c | 36 ++++---
> drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.c | 23 +++--
> drivers/net/wireless/prism54/isl_ioctl.c | 49 +++++----
> drivers/net/wireless/rndis_wlan.c | 31 +++---
> drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.c | 10 +-
> drivers/net/wireless/zd1201.c | 21 +++--
> include/linux/wireless.h | 15 +++
> include/net/iw_handler.h | 149 +++++++++-------------------
> net/ieee80211/ieee80211_wx.c | 48 +++++----
> net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h | 5 +-
> net/mac80211/mlme.c | 45 +++++----
> net/mac80211/wext.c | 2 +-
> 18 files changed, 323 insertions(+), 301 deletions(-)

Thank you again for updating the patch set!

With this new patch #12, it worked OK for me. I tested on my PS3 with:

- wireless_tools version 28 and 29. Both 64 and 32-bit compiled
iwlist and iwconfig
- wpa_supplicant 0.6.x, 64 and 32-bit compiled
- gelic and zd1211 driver


checkpatch.pl complained some error/warnings on the patches #7, #9 and
#12. It seemed that most of them were inherited from the original code,
some seemed like newly created ones, like 80-characters over warnings in
net/mac80211/mlme.c. We might want to fix them?

Anyway the code works fine. Again, thank you!

--
Masakazu Mokuno

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