From: Johannes Berg Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:54:04 +0000 (+0200) Subject: nl80211: fix monitor flags X-Git-Url: https://git.stricted.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0a9542ee12fb57d408f19aac738e8abe8670be7a;p=GitHub%2Fmt8127%2Fandroid_kernel_alcatel_ttab.git nl80211: fix monitor flags NLA_NESTED attributes cannot be empty, but we want to be able to specify "no flags" (empty attribute) vs. "no change" (no attribute). Therefore, remove the NLA_NESTED policy so it can work as an empty attribute. I guess I should have used a u32 for these flags instead, but we're stuck with it now. Haven't noticed earlier because of a bug in iw... Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c index 4d12e885170e..2b87aec231ea 100644 --- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c +++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NL80211_ATTR_MAX+1] __read_mostly = { .len = NL80211_MAX_SUPP_RATES }, [NL80211_ATTR_STA_PLINK_ACTION] = { .type = NLA_U8 }, [NL80211_ATTR_STA_VLAN] = { .type = NLA_U32 }, - [NL80211_ATTR_MNTR_FLAGS] = { .type = NLA_NESTED }, + [NL80211_ATTR_MNTR_FLAGS] = { /* NLA_NESTED can't be empty */ }, [NL80211_ATTR_MESH_ID] = { .type = NLA_BINARY, .len = IEEE80211_MAX_MESH_ID_LEN }, [NL80211_ATTR_MPATH_NEXT_HOP] = { .type = NLA_U32 },