From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
Drivers shouldn't attempt to advertise support
for more than one IBSS interface since mac80211
doesn't support that. Check and return an error
from ieee80211_register_hw() in that case.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/mac80211/main.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/net/mac80211/main.c 2011-05-14 01:48:56.000000000 +0200
+++ b/net/mac80211/main.c 2011-05-14 01:52:40.000000000 +0200
@@ -752,11 +752,25 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee802
hw->wiphy->interface_modes |= BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR);
hw->wiphy->software_iftypes |= BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR);
- /* mac80211 doesn't support more than 1 channel */
- for (i = 0; i < hw->wiphy->n_iface_combinations; i++)
- if (hw->wiphy->iface_combinations[i].num_different_channels > 1)
+ /*
+ * mac80211 doesn't support more than 1 channel, and also not more
+ * than one IBSS interface
+ */
+ for (i = 0; i < hw->wiphy->n_iface_combinations; i++) {
+ const struct ieee80211_iface_combination *c;
+ int j;
+
+ c = &hw->wiphy->iface_combinations[i];
+
+ if (c->num_different_channels > 1)
return -EINVAL;
+ for (j = 0; j < c->n_limits; j++)
+ if ((c->limits[j].types & BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC)) &&
+ c->limits[j].max > 1)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
#ifndef CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH
/* mesh depends on Kconfig, but drivers should set it if they want */
local->hw.wiphy->interface_modes &= ~BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT);
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