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Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/mac80211.h | 25 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index 5d1187d7c5e..73469d8b64b 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -2432,25 +2432,28 @@ struct ieee80211_sta *ieee80211_find_sta(struct ieee80211_vif *vif, const u8 *addr); /** - * ieee80211_find_sta_by_hw - find a station on hardware + * ieee80211_find_sta_by_ifaddr - find a station on hardware * * @hw: pointer as obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw() - * @addr: station's address + * @addr: remote station's address + * @localaddr: local address (vif->sdata->vif.addr). Use NULL for 'any'. * * 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). + * NOTE: You may pass NULL for localaddr, but then you will just get + * the first STA that matches the remote address 'addr'. + * We can have multiple STA associated with multiple + * logical stations (e.g. consider a station connecting to another + * BSSID on the same AP hardware without disconnecting first). + * In this case, the result of this method with localaddr NULL + * is not reliable. * - * DO NOT USE THIS FUNCTION. + * DO NOT USE THIS FUNCTION with localaddr NULL if at all possible. */ -struct ieee80211_sta *ieee80211_find_sta_by_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, - const u8 *addr); +struct ieee80211_sta *ieee80211_find_sta_by_ifaddr(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, + const u8 *addr, + const u8 *localaddr); /** * ieee80211_sta_block_awake - block station from waking up |