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authorJohannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>2009-06-24 01:34:48 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-07-15 08:53:32 -0700
commitb333b3d22822cf9b295990866798e9239c9dee72 (patch)
tree307298699e475eb93a3326384fff6f28b1e28b0f /net/wireless/wext.c
parentnet: Rename lookup_neigh_params function (diff)
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wireless extensions: make netns aware
This makes wireless extensions netns aware. The tasklet sending the events is converted to a work struct so that we can rtnl_lock() in it. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/wireless/wext.c')
-rw-r--r--net/wireless/wext.c61
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/wext.c b/net/wireless/wext.c
index 425f7d58b961..db8351a5a87d 100644
--- a/net/wireless/wext.c
+++ b/net/wireless/wext.c
@@ -1257,48 +1257,48 @@ int compat_wext_handle_ioctl(struct net *net, unsigned int cmd,
}
#endif
-/************************* EVENT PROCESSING *************************/
-/*
- * Process events generated by the wireless layer or the driver.
- * Most often, the event will be propagated through rtnetlink
- */
+static int __net_init wext_pernet_init(struct net *net)
+{
+ skb_queue_head_init(&net->wext_nlevents);
+ return 0;
+}
-/* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
-/*
- * Locking...
- * ----------
- *
- * Thanks to Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> for fixing
- * the locking issue in here and implementing this code !
- *
- * The issue : wireless_send_event() is often called in interrupt context,
- * while the Netlink layer can never be called in interrupt context.
- * The fully formed RtNetlink events are queued, and then a tasklet is run
- * to feed those to Netlink.
- * The skb_queue is interrupt safe, and its lock is not held while calling
- * Netlink, so there is no possibility of dealock.
- * Jean II
- */
+static void __net_exit wext_pernet_exit(struct net *net)
+{
+ skb_queue_purge(&net->wext_nlevents);
+}
-static struct sk_buff_head wireless_nlevent_queue;
+static struct pernet_operations wext_pernet_ops = {
+ .init = wext_pernet_init,
+ .exit = wext_pernet_exit,
+};
static int __init wireless_nlevent_init(void)
{
- skb_queue_head_init(&wireless_nlevent_queue);
+ return register_pernet_subsys(&wext_pernet_ops);
return 0;
}
subsys_initcall(wireless_nlevent_init);
-static void wireless_nlevent_process(unsigned long data)
+/* Process events generated by the wireless layer or the driver. */
+static void wireless_nlevent_process(struct work_struct *work)
{
struct sk_buff *skb;
+ struct net *net;
+
+ rtnl_lock();
- while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&wireless_nlevent_queue)))
- rtnl_notify(skb, &init_net, 0, RTNLGRP_LINK, NULL, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ for_each_net(net) {
+ while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&net->wext_nlevents)))
+ rtnl_notify(skb, net, 0, RTNLGRP_LINK, NULL,
+ GFP_KERNEL);
+ }
+
+ rtnl_unlock();
}
-static DECLARE_TASKLET(wireless_nlevent_tasklet, wireless_nlevent_process, 0);
+static DECLARE_WORK(wireless_nlevent_work, wireless_nlevent_process);
/* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
/*
@@ -1348,9 +1348,6 @@ static void rtmsg_iwinfo(struct net_device *dev, char *event, int event_len)
struct sk_buff *skb;
int err;
- if (!net_eq(dev_net(dev), &init_net))
- return;
-
skb = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
if (!skb)
return;
@@ -1363,8 +1360,8 @@ static void rtmsg_iwinfo(struct net_device *dev, char *event, int event_len)
}
NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = RTNLGRP_LINK;
- skb_queue_tail(&wireless_nlevent_queue, skb);
- tasklet_schedule(&wireless_nlevent_tasklet);
+ skb_queue_tail(&dev_net(dev)->wext_nlevents, skb);
+ schedule_work(&wireless_nlevent_work);
}
/* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */