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Diffstat (limited to 'net/mac80211/sta_info.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/mac80211/sta_info.h | 17 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.h b/net/mac80211/sta_info.h index 787124c253a..3f788228eef 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.h +++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.h @@ -283,12 +283,19 @@ struct sta_info *sta_info_get(struct ieee80211_local *local, u8 *addr); struct sta_info *sta_info_get_by_idx(struct ieee80211_local *local, int idx, struct net_device *dev); /* - * Add a new STA info, must be under RCU read lock - * because otherwise the returned reference isn't - * necessarily valid long enough. + * Create a new STA info, caller owns returned structure + * until sta_info_insert(). */ -struct sta_info *sta_info_add(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, - u8 *addr); +struct sta_info *sta_info_alloc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, + u8 *addr, gfp_t gfp); +/* + * Insert STA info into hash table/list, returns zero or a + * -EEXIST if (if the same MAC address is already present). + * + * Calling this without RCU protection makes the caller + * relinquish its reference to @sta. + */ +int sta_info_insert(struct sta_info *sta); /* * Unlink a STA info from the hash table/list. * This can NULL the STA pointer if somebody else |