On Thu, 8 Jun 2006 09:49:07 +0200 (CEST), Jiri Benc wrote: > ieee80211_local has a separate class_device. That means it has reference > counting independent of master net_device and can be freed at a different > time, therefore these two structures cannot be allocated together. > > Solve this by adding ieee80211_ptr pointer to net_device structure (similar > to other pointers already presented there) and using it as a pointer to > independently allocated ieee80211_local.
I suppose approval from Dave will be needed for adding that pointer to net_device, right? > [...] > include/linux/netdevice.h | 1 > net/d80211/ieee80211.c | 100 > +++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- > net/d80211/ieee80211_dev.c | 17 +++++++ > net/d80211/ieee80211_i.h | 9 +++- > net/d80211/ieee80211_iface.c | 20 ++++---- > net/d80211/ieee80211_ioctl.c | 92 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------- > net/d80211/ieee80211_proc.c | 6 +-- > net/d80211/ieee80211_scan.c | 10 ++-- > net/d80211/ieee80211_sta.c | 58 ++++++++++++------------ > net/d80211/ieee80211_sysfs.c | 26 ++++++++--- > net/d80211/rate_control.c | 4 +- > net/d80211/rate_control.h | 4 +- > net/d80211/wme.c | 26 +++++------ > 13 files changed, 206 insertions(+), 167 deletions(-) > > [...] > --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h > +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h > @@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ #define NETIF_F_UFO 8192 > void *ip6_ptr; /* IPv6 specific data */ > void *ec_ptr; /* Econet specific data */ > void *ax25_ptr; /* AX.25 specific data */ > + void *ieee80211_ptr; /* IEEE 802.11 specific data */ > > /* > * Cache line mostly used on receive path (including eth_type_trans()) > [...] Thanks, -- Jiri Benc SUSE Labs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
