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[PATCH] wireless: WE-20 compatibility for ESSID and NICKN ioctls 

WE-21 changed the ABI for the SIOC[SG]IW{ESSID,NICKN} ioctls by dropping
NULL termination.  This patch adds compatibility code so that WE-21 can
work properly with WE-20 (and older) tools.

Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This commit is contained in:
John W. Linville 2006-10-17 10:54:36 -04:00
parent 51018b0a31
commit 98978edb62
1 changed files with 32 additions and 1 deletions
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net/core/wireless.c
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@ -748,11 +748,39 @@ static int ioctl_standard_call(struct net_device * dev,
int extra_size;
int user_length = 0;
int err;
int essid_compat = 0;
/* Calculate space needed by arguments. Always allocate
* for max space. Easier, and won't last long... */
extra_size = descr->max_tokens * descr->token_size;
/* Check need for ESSID compatibility for WE < 21 */
switch (cmd) {
case SIOCSIWESSID:
case SIOCGIWESSID:
case SIOCSIWNICKN:
case SIOCGIWNICKN:
if (iwr->u.data.length == descr->max_tokens + 1)
essid_compat = 1;
else if (IW_IS_SET(cmd) && (iwr->u.data.length != 0)) {
char essid[IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE + 1];
err = copy_from_user(essid, iwr->u.data.pointer,
iwr->u.data.length *
descr->token_size);
if (err)
return -EFAULT;
if (essid[iwr->u.data.length - 1] == '\0')
essid_compat = 1;
}
break;
default:
break;
}
iwr->u.data.length -= essid_compat;
/* Check what user space is giving us */
if(IW_IS_SET(cmd)) {
/* Check NULL pointer */
@ -795,7 +823,8 @@ static int ioctl_standard_call(struct net_device * dev,
#endif /* WE_IOCTL_DEBUG */
/* Create the kernel buffer */
extra = kmalloc(extra_size, GFP_KERNEL);
/* kzalloc ensures NULL-termination for essid_compat */
extra = kzalloc(extra_size, GFP_KERNEL);
if (extra == NULL) {
return -ENOMEM;
}
@ -819,6 +848,8 @@ static int ioctl_standard_call(struct net_device * dev,
/* Call the handler */
ret = handler(dev, &info, &(iwr->u), extra);
iwr->u.data.length += essid_compat;
/* If we have something to return to the user */
if (!ret && IW_IS_GET(cmd)) {
/* Check if there is enough buffer up there */