This new function (previously a static function called just "find_ie" can be used to find a specific IE in a buffer of IEs. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/net/cfg80211.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++ net/wireless/scan.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++------------------ 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) --- wireless-testing.orig/include/net/cfg80211.h 2010-01-26 08:40:45.000000000 +0100 +++ wireless-testing/include/net/cfg80211.h 2010-01-26 08:46:44.000000000 +0100 @@ -1669,6 +1669,22 @@ void ieee80211_amsdu_to_8023s(struct sk_ */ unsigned int cfg80211_classify8021d(struct sk_buff *skb); +/** + * cfg80211_find_ie - find information element in data + * + * @eid: element ID + * @ies: data consisting of IEs + * @len: length of data + * + * This function will return %NULL if the element ID could + * not be found or if the element is invalid (claims to be + * longer than the given data), or a pointer to the first byte + * of the requested element, that is the byte containing the + * element ID. There are no checks on the element length + * other than having to fit into the given data. + */ +const u8 *cfg80211_find_ie(u8 eid, const u8 *ies, int len); + /* * Regulatory helper functions for wiphys */ --- wireless-testing.orig/net/wireless/scan.c 2010-01-26 08:40:45.000000000 +0100 +++ wireless-testing/net/wireless/scan.c 2010-01-26 08:41:00.000000000 +0100 @@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ void cfg80211_bss_expire(struct cfg80211 dev->bss_generation++; } -static u8 *find_ie(u8 num, u8 *ies, int len) +const u8 *cfg80211_find_ie(u8 eid, const u8 *ies, int len) { - while (len > 2 && ies[0] != num) { + while (len > 2 && ies[0] != eid) { len -= ies[1] + 2; ies += ies[1] + 2; } @@ -155,11 +155,12 @@ static u8 *find_ie(u8 num, u8 *ies, int return NULL; return ies; } +EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_find_ie); static int cmp_ies(u8 num, u8 *ies1, size_t len1, u8 *ies2, size_t len2) { - const u8 *ie1 = find_ie(num, ies1, len1); - const u8 *ie2 = find_ie(num, ies2, len2); + const u8 *ie1 = cfg80211_find_ie(num, ies1, len1); + const u8 *ie2 = cfg80211_find_ie(num, ies2, len2); int r; if (!ie1 && !ie2) @@ -185,9 +186,9 @@ static bool is_bss(struct cfg80211_bss * if (!ssid) return true; - ssidie = find_ie(WLAN_EID_SSID, - a->information_elements, - a->len_information_elements); + ssidie = cfg80211_find_ie(WLAN_EID_SSID, + a->information_elements, + a->len_information_elements); if (!ssidie) return false; if (ssidie[1] != ssid_len) @@ -204,9 +205,9 @@ static bool is_mesh(struct cfg80211_bss if (!is_zero_ether_addr(a->bssid)) return false; - ie = find_ie(WLAN_EID_MESH_ID, - a->information_elements, - a->len_information_elements); + ie = cfg80211_find_ie(WLAN_EID_MESH_ID, + a->information_elements, + a->len_information_elements); if (!ie) return false; if (ie[1] != meshidlen) @@ -214,9 +215,9 @@ static bool is_mesh(struct cfg80211_bss if (memcmp(ie + 2, meshid, meshidlen)) return false; - ie = find_ie(WLAN_EID_MESH_CONFIG, - a->information_elements, - a->len_information_elements); + ie = cfg80211_find_ie(WLAN_EID_MESH_CONFIG, + a->information_elements, + a->len_information_elements); if (!ie) return false; if (ie[1] != sizeof(struct ieee80211_meshconf_ie)) @@ -395,11 +396,12 @@ cfg80211_bss_update(struct cfg80211_regi if (is_zero_ether_addr(res->pub.bssid)) { /* must be mesh, verify */ - meshid = find_ie(WLAN_EID_MESH_ID, res->pub.information_elements, - res->pub.len_information_elements); - meshcfg = find_ie(WLAN_EID_MESH_CONFIG, - res->pub.information_elements, - res->pub.len_information_elements); + meshid = cfg80211_find_ie(WLAN_EID_MESH_ID, + res->pub.information_elements, + res->pub.len_information_elements); + meshcfg = cfg80211_find_ie(WLAN_EID_MESH_CONFIG, + res->pub.information_elements, + res->pub.len_information_elements); if (!meshid || !meshcfg || meshcfg[1] != sizeof(struct ieee80211_meshconf_ie)) { /* bogus mesh */ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html