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Diffstat (limited to 'include/net')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/mac80211.h | 25 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index e12293e..7f035d7 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -2106,16 +2106,37 @@ void ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_cb_irqsafe(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, const u8 *ra, /** * ieee80211_find_sta - find a station * - * @hw: pointer as obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw() + * @vif: virtual interface to look for station on * @addr: station's address * * This function must be called under RCU lock and the * resulting pointer is only valid under RCU lock as well. */ -struct ieee80211_sta *ieee80211_find_sta(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, +struct ieee80211_sta *ieee80211_find_sta(struct ieee80211_vif *vif, const u8 *addr); /** + * ieee80211_find_sta_by_hw - find a station on hardware + * + * @hw: pointer as obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw() + * @addr: station's address + * + * This function must be called under RCU lock and the + * resulting pointer is only valid under RCU lock as well. + * + * NOTE: This function should not be used! When mac80211 is converted + * internally to properly keep track of stations on multiple + * virtual interfaces, it will not always know which station to + * return here since a single address might be used by multiple + * logical stations (e.g. consider a station connecting to another + * BSSID on the same AP hardware without disconnecting first). + * + * DO NOT USE THIS FUNCTION. + */ +struct ieee80211_sta *ieee80211_find_sta_by_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, + const u8 *addr); + +/** * ieee80211_beacon_loss - inform hardware does not receive beacons * * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from &struct ieee80211_if_init_conf. |