From f5ea9120be2e5d5c846243416cfdce01d02f5836 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Berg Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 16:17:38 +0200 Subject: nl80211: add generation number to all dumps In order for userspace to be able to figure out whether it obtained a consistent snapshot of data or not when using netlink dumps, we need to have a generation number in each dump message that indicates whether the list has changed or not -- its value is arbitrary. This patch adds such a number to all dumps, this needs some mac80211 involvement to keep track of a generation number to start with when adding/removing mesh paths or stations. The wiphy and netdev lists can be fully handled within cfg80211, of course, but generation numbers need to be stored there as well. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- net/mac80211/mesh.h | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'net/mac80211/mesh.h') diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh.h b/net/mac80211/mesh.h index 2a2ed182cb7..ce538814b9b 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/mesh.h +++ b/net/mac80211/mesh.h @@ -265,6 +265,8 @@ void mesh_path_discard_frame(struct sk_buff *skb, void mesh_path_quiesce(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata); void mesh_path_restart(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata); +extern int mesh_paths_generation; + #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH extern int mesh_allocated; -- cgit v1.2.3