netdev - [PATCH] fix cfg80211 WE compat code

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Date:	Sun, 10 Dec 2006 17:21:37 +0100
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Pavel Roskin <proski@....org>
Cc:	Paul Collins <paul@...ny.ondioline.org>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] fix cfg80211 WE compat code

When cfg80211's WE compat code is enabled and the cfg80211 module is
loaded (or built-in) WE calls on non-cfg80211 devices will return
-ENODEV because cfg80211 internally says -ENODEV for cfg80211 calls on
devices that don't have cfg80211 handlers.

This patch makes the cfg80211 core return -ENOSYS which is more
appropriate since the device exists but the configuration request can't
be fulfilled. This will then cause the fallback code to the original WE
to trigger.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
---
John, please apply this to wireless-dev if Pavel says it works (I think
it should).

On Sun, 2006-12-10 at 11:08 -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote:

> Not quite.  cfg80211_wext_ioctl() returns -ENODEV (no idea why), but the code
> only falls back to Wireless Extensions if the return code is -ENOSYS.  That
> should be quite easy to fix.

Ah, but you said -ENOSYS and I thought that somehow went to userspace
and was confused.

Yeah, the bug is actually hidden in cfg80211_wx_setup() and all that
calls.

This patch should fix it.

--- wireless-dev.orig/net/wireless/core.c	2006-12-10 17:15:43.442451537 +0100
+++ wireless-dev/net/wireless/core.c	2006-12-10 17:15:54.672451537 +0100
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ cfg80211_get_drv_from_ifindex(int ifinde
 	if (drv)
 		mutex_lock(&drv->mtx);
 	else
-		drv = ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+		drv = ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS);
 	dev_put(dev);
  out:
 	mutex_unlock(&cfg80211_drv_mutex);


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