The wext code checks is the event data is within size limits.
When this check fails a message is logged with violating size.
This patch adds the event id to put us on the right track for
resolving that violation.
Reviewed-by: Hante Meuleman <meuleman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Maybe wext is not popular, but I found the change helpful debugging
so others may benefit from it. Still some wireless apps default to
it, eg. wpa_supplicant.
Gr. AvS
---
net/wireless/wext-core.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/wireless/wext-core.c b/net/wireless/wext-core.c
index b0eb7aa..c8717c1 100644
--- a/net/wireless/wext-core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/wext-core.c
@@ -478,13 +478,13 @@ void wireless_send_event(struct net_device * dev,
if (descr->header_type == IW_HEADER_TYPE_POINT) {
/* Check if number of token fits within bounds */
if (wrqu->data.length > descr->max_tokens) {
- netdev_err(dev, "(WE) : Wireless Event too big (%d)\n",
- wrqu->data.length);
+ netdev_err(dev, "(WE) : Wireless Event (cmd=0x%04X) too big (%d)\n",
+ cmd, wrqu->data.length);
return;
}
if (wrqu->data.length < descr->min_tokens) {
- netdev_err(dev, "(WE) : Wireless Event too small (%d)\n",
- wrqu->data.length);
+ netdev_err(dev, "(WE) : Wireless Event (cmd=0x%04X) too small (%d)\n",
+ cmd, wrqu->data.length);
return;
}
/* Calculate extra_len - extra is NULL for restricted events */
--
1.7.9.5
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