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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt13
-rw-r--r--include/net/wireless.h3
-rw-r--r--net/wireless/nl80211.c5
-rw-r--r--net/wireless/reg.c9
4 files changed, 10 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt b/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt
index a96989a8ff35..357d4ba4f135 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ struct ieee80211_regdomain mydriver_jp_regdom = {
Then in some part of your code after your wiphy has been registered:
- int r;
struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd;
int size_of_regd;
int num_rules = mydriver_jp_regdom.n_reg_rules;
@@ -178,17 +177,11 @@ Then in some part of your code after your wiphy has been registered:
rd = kzalloc(size_of_regd, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!rd)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ return -ENOMEM;
memcpy(rd, &mydriver_jp_regdom, sizeof(struct ieee80211_regdomain));
- for (i=0; i < num_rules; i++) {
+ for (i=0; i < num_rules; i++)
memcpy(&rd->reg_rules[i], &mydriver_jp_regdom.reg_rules[i],
sizeof(struct ieee80211_reg_rule));
- }
- r = regulatory_hint(hw->wiphy, NULL, rd);
- if (r) {
- kfree(rd);
- return r;
- }
-
+ return regulatory_hint(hw->wiphy, NULL, rd);
diff --git a/include/net/wireless.h b/include/net/wireless.h
index 061fe5017e5c..6e3ea0159045 100644
--- a/include/net/wireless.h
+++ b/include/net/wireless.h
@@ -358,8 +358,7 @@ ieee80211_get_channel(struct wiphy *wiphy, int freq)
* for a regulatory domain structure for the respective country. If
* a regulatory domain is build and passed you should set the alpha2
* if possible, otherwise set it to the special value of "99" which tells
- * the wireless core it is unknown. If you pass a built regulatory domain
- * and we return non zero you are in charge of kfree()'ing the structure.
+ * the wireless core it is unknown.
*
* Returns -EALREADY if *a regulatory domain* has already been set. Note that
* this could be by another driver. It is safe for drivers to continue if
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 9a16e9e6c5ca..f82cc9aa6908 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -1935,12 +1935,9 @@ static int nl80211_set_reg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
mutex_lock(&cfg80211_drv_mutex);
r = set_regdom(rd);
mutex_unlock(&cfg80211_drv_mutex);
- if (r)
- goto bad_reg;
-
return r;
-bad_reg:
+ bad_reg:
kfree(rd);
return -EINVAL;
}
diff --git a/net/wireless/reg.c b/net/wireless/reg.c
index 00c326b66c03..038f8f133c54 100644
--- a/net/wireless/reg.c
+++ b/net/wireless/reg.c
@@ -605,7 +605,6 @@ int __regulatory_hint(struct wiphy *wiphy, enum reg_set_by set_by,
return r;
}
-/* If rd is not NULL and if this call fails the caller must free it */
int regulatory_hint(struct wiphy *wiphy, const char *alpha2,
struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd)
{
@@ -690,6 +689,7 @@ void print_regdomain_info(const struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd)
print_rd_rules(rd);
}
+/* Takes ownership of rd only if it doesn't fail */
static int __set_regdom(const struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd)
{
/* Some basic sanity checks first */
@@ -750,16 +750,17 @@ static int __set_regdom(const struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd)
/* Use this call to set the current regulatory domain. Conflicts with
* multiple drivers can be ironed out later. Caller must've already
- * kmalloc'd the rd structure. If this calls fails you should kfree()
- * the passed rd. Caller must hold cfg80211_drv_mutex */
+ * kmalloc'd the rd structure. Caller must hold cfg80211_drv_mutex */
int set_regdom(const struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd)
{
int r;
/* Note that this doesn't update the wiphys, this is done below */
r = __set_regdom(rd);
- if (r)
+ if (r) {
+ kfree(rd);
return r;
+ }
/* This would make this whole thing pointless */
BUG_ON(rd != cfg80211_regdomain);
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