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-rw-r--r--net/wimax/op-msg.c28
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/net/wimax/op-msg.c b/net/wimax/op-msg.c
index 5d149c1b5f0d..d631a17186bc 100644
--- a/net/wimax/op-msg.c
+++ b/net/wimax/op-msg.c
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@
* Don't use skb_push()/skb_pull()/skb_reserve() on the skb, as
* wimax_msg_send() depends on skb->data being placed at the
* beginning of the user message.
+ *
+ * Unlike other WiMAX stack calls, this call can be used way early,
+ * even before wimax_dev_add() is called, as long as the
+ * wimax_dev->net_dev pointer is set to point to a proper
+ * net_dev. This is so that drivers can use it early in case they need
+ * to send stuff around or communicate with user space.
*/
struct sk_buff *wimax_msg_alloc(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev,
const char *pipe_name,
@@ -115,7 +121,7 @@ struct sk_buff *wimax_msg_alloc(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev,
gfp_t gfp_flags)
{
int result;
- struct device *dev = wimax_dev->net_dev->dev.parent;
+ struct device *dev = wimax_dev_to_dev(wimax_dev);
size_t msg_size;
void *genl_msg;
struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -149,7 +155,8 @@ struct sk_buff *wimax_msg_alloc(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev,
}
result = nla_put(skb, WIMAX_GNL_MSG_DATA, size, msg);
if (result < 0) {
- dev_err(dev, "no memory to add payload in attribute\n");
+ dev_err(dev, "no memory to add payload (msg %p size %zu) in "
+ "attribute: %d\n", msg, size, result);
goto error_nla_put;
}
genlmsg_end(skb, genl_msg);
@@ -160,7 +167,6 @@ error_genlmsg_put:
error_new:
nlmsg_free(skb);
return ERR_PTR(result);
-
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wimax_msg_alloc);
@@ -255,10 +261,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wimax_msg_len);
* Don't use skb_push()/skb_pull()/skb_reserve() on the skb, as
* wimax_msg_send() depends on skb->data being placed at the
* beginning of the user message.
+ *
+ * Unlike other WiMAX stack calls, this call can be used way early,
+ * even before wimax_dev_add() is called, as long as the
+ * wimax_dev->net_dev pointer is set to point to a proper
+ * net_dev. This is so that drivers can use it early in case they need
+ * to send stuff around or communicate with user space.
*/
int wimax_msg_send(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
- struct device *dev = wimax_dev->net_dev->dev.parent;
+ struct device *dev = wimax_dev_to_dev(wimax_dev);
void *msg = skb->data;
size_t size = skb->len;
might_sleep();
@@ -299,10 +311,10 @@ int wimax_msg(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev, const char *pipe_name,
struct sk_buff *skb;
skb = wimax_msg_alloc(wimax_dev, pipe_name, buf, size, gfp_flags);
- if (skb == NULL)
- goto error_msg_new;
- result = wimax_msg_send(wimax_dev, skb);
-error_msg_new:
+ if (IS_ERR(skb))
+ result = PTR_ERR(skb);
+ else
+ result = wimax_msg_send(wimax_dev, skb);
return result;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wimax_msg);