From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
With WiFi 7 (802.11ax, MLO/EHT) around the corner, we're going to
remove support for wireless extensions with new devices since MLO
(multi-link operation) cannot be properly indicated using them.
Add a warning to indicate which processes are still using wireless
extensions, if being used with modern (i.e. cfg80211) drivers.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/wireless/wext-core.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/wireless/wext-core.c b/net/wireless/wext-core.c
index fe8765c4075d..6e5f5ea92ddb 100644
--- a/net/wireless/wext-core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/wext-core.c
@@ -636,7 +636,15 @@ void wireless_send_event(struct net_device * dev,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(wireless_send_event);
+#ifdef CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT
+static void wireless_warn_cfg80211_wext(void)
+{
+ char name[sizeof(current->comm)];
+ pr_warn_ratelimited("warning: `%s' uses wireless extensions that are deprecated for modern drivers; use nl80211\n",
+ get_task_comm(name, current));
+}
+#endif
/* IW handlers */
@@ -652,8 +660,10 @@ struct iw_statistics *get_wireless_stats(struct net_device *dev)
if (dev->ieee80211_ptr &&
dev->ieee80211_ptr->wiphy &&
dev->ieee80211_ptr->wiphy->wext &&
- dev->ieee80211_ptr->wiphy->wext->get_wireless_stats)
+ dev->ieee80211_ptr->wiphy->wext->get_wireless_stats) {
+ wireless_warn_cfg80211_wext();
return dev->ieee80211_ptr->wiphy->wext->get_wireless_stats(dev);
+ }
#endif
/* not found */
@@ -690,8 +700,10 @@ static iw_handler get_handler(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int cmd)
const struct iw_handler_def *handlers = NULL;
#ifdef CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT
- if (dev->ieee80211_ptr && dev->ieee80211_ptr->wiphy)
+ if (dev->ieee80211_ptr && dev->ieee80211_ptr->wiphy) {
+ wireless_warn_cfg80211_wext();
handlers = dev->ieee80211_ptr->wiphy->wext;
+ }
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT
if (dev->wireless_handlers)
--
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