[PATCH-WN,3/3] wireless: Add comments about bss refcounting.

Commit Message

Ben Greear June 19, 2013, 9:06 p.m. UTC

From: Ben Greear <[e-mail]>

Should help the next person that tries to understand
the bss refcounting logic.

Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <[e-mail]>
---

This is against wireless-next.

 net/wireless/scan.c |    4 ++++
 net/wireless/sme.c  |    3 +++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

Patch

diff --git a/net/wireless/scan.c b/net/wireless/scan.c
index abb0399..d2f4db0 100644
--- a/net/wireless/scan.c
+++ b/net/wireless/scan.c
@@ -623,6 +623,7 @@  static int cmp_bss(struct cfg80211_bss *a,
 	}
 }
 
+/* Returned bss is reference counted and must be cleaned up appropriately. */
 struct cfg80211_bss *cfg80211_get_bss(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 				      struct ieee80211_channel *channel,
 				      const u8 *bssid,
@@ -778,6 +779,7 @@  static bool cfg80211_combine_bsses(struct cfg80211_registered_device *dev,
 	return true;
 }
 
+/* Returned bss is reference counted and must be cleaned up appropriately. */
 static struct cfg80211_internal_bss *
 cfg80211_bss_update(struct cfg80211_registered_device *dev,
 		    struct cfg80211_internal_bss *tmp)
@@ -963,6 +965,7 @@  cfg80211_get_bss_channel(struct wiphy *wiphy, const u8 *ie, size_t ielen,
 	return channel;
 }
 
+/* Returned bss is reference counted and must be cleaned up appropriately. */
 struct cfg80211_bss*
 cfg80211_inform_bss(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 		    struct ieee80211_channel *channel,
@@ -1020,6 +1023,7 @@  cfg80211_inform_bss(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_inform_bss);
 
+/* Returned bss is reference counted and must be cleaned up appropriately. */
 struct cfg80211_bss *
 cfg80211_inform_bss_frame(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 			  struct ieee80211_channel *channel,
diff --git a/net/wireless/sme.c b/net/wireless/sme.c
index 32dac8c..1d3cfb1 100644
--- a/net/wireless/sme.c
+++ b/net/wireless/sme.c
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@  void cfg80211_conn_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	rtnl_unlock();
 }
 
+/* Returned bss is reference counted and must be cleaned up appropriately. */
 static struct cfg80211_bss *cfg80211_get_conn_bss(struct wireless_dev *wdev)
 {
 	struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev = wiphy_to_dev(wdev->wiphy);
@@ -699,6 +700,7 @@  void cfg80211_connect_result(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *bssid,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_connect_result);
 
+/* Consumes bss object one way or another */
 void __cfg80211_roamed(struct wireless_dev *wdev,
 		       struct cfg80211_bss *bss,
 		       const u8 *req_ie, size_t req_ie_len,
@@ -775,6 +777,7 @@  void cfg80211_roamed(struct net_device *dev,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_roamed);
 
+/* Consumes bss object one way or another */
 void cfg80211_roamed_bss(struct net_device *dev,
 			 struct cfg80211_bss *bss, const u8 *req_ie,
 			 size_t req_ie_len, const u8 *resp_ie,