NLA_NESTED attributes cannot be empty, but we want to be able to
specify "no flags" (empty attribute) vs. "no change" (no attribute).
Therefore, remove the NLA_NESTED policy so it can work as an empty
attribute.
I guess I should have used a u32 for these flags instead, but we're
stuck with it now. Haven't noticed earlier because of a bug in iw...
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/wireless/nl80211.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- everything.orig/net/wireless/nl80211.c 2008-10-15 11:42:37.000000000 +0200
+++ everything/net/wireless/nl80211.c 2008-10-15 11:51:28.000000000 +0200
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[
.len = NL80211_MAX_SUPP_RATES },
[NL80211_ATTR_STA_PLINK_ACTION] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
[NL80211_ATTR_STA_VLAN] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
- [NL80211_ATTR_MNTR_FLAGS] = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
+ [NL80211_ATTR_MNTR_FLAGS] = { /* NLA_NESTED can't be empty */ },
[NL80211_ATTR_MESH_ID] = { .type = NLA_BINARY,
.len = IEEE80211_MAX_MESH_ID_LEN },
[NL80211_ATTR_MPATH_NEXT_HOP] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
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