From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> This is needed by mac80211 to keep a reference to a BSS alive for the auth process. Remove the old version of cfg80211_ref_bss() since it's not actually used. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> --- include/net/cfg80211.h | 14 ++++++++++++++ net/wireless/core.h | 5 ----- net/wireless/scan.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) --- a/include/net/cfg80211.h 2012-01-09 13:57:47.000000000 +0100 +++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h 2012-01-09 14:40:09.000000000 +0100 @@ -2709,6 +2709,20 @@ struct cfg80211_bss *cfg80211_get_mesh(s struct ieee80211_channel *channel, const u8 *meshid, size_t meshidlen, const u8 *meshcfg); +/** + * cfg80211_ref_bss - reference BSS struct + * @bss: the BSS struct to reference + * + * Increments the refcount of the given BSS struct. + */ +void cfg80211_ref_bss(struct cfg80211_bss *bss); + +/** + * cfg80211_put_bss - unref BSS struct + * @bss: the BSS struct + * + * Decrements the refcount of the given BSS struct. + */ void cfg80211_put_bss(struct cfg80211_bss *bss); /** --- a/net/wireless/core.h 2012-01-09 13:57:47.000000000 +0100 +++ b/net/wireless/core.h 2012-01-09 14:41:13.000000000 +0100 @@ -144,11 +144,6 @@ static inline struct cfg80211_internal_b return container_of(pub, struct cfg80211_internal_bss, pub); } -static inline void cfg80211_ref_bss(struct cfg80211_internal_bss *bss) -{ - kref_get(&bss->ref); -} - static inline void cfg80211_hold_bss(struct cfg80211_internal_bss *bss) { atomic_inc(&bss->hold); --- a/net/wireless/scan.c 2012-01-09 12:40:53.000000000 +0100 +++ b/net/wireless/scan.c 2012-01-09 14:40:58.000000000 +0100 @@ -861,6 +861,18 @@ cfg80211_inform_bss_frame(struct wiphy * } EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_inform_bss_frame); +void cfg80211_ref_bss(struct cfg80211_bss *pub) +{ + struct cfg80211_internal_bss *bss; + + if (!pub) + return; + + bss = container_of(pub, struct cfg80211_internal_bss, pub); + kref_get(&bss->ref); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_ref_bss); + void cfg80211_put_bss(struct cfg80211_bss *pub) { struct cfg80211_internal_bss *bss; -- 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