From f7cd168645dda3e9067f24fabbfa787f9a237488 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Berg Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:54:22 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] hostap: pad the skb->cb usage in lieu of a proper fix Like mac80211 did, this driver makes 'clever' use of skb->cb to pass information along with an skb as it is requeued from the virtual device to the physical wireless device. Unfortunately, that trick no longer works... Unlike mac80211, code complexity and driver apathy makes this hack the best option we have in the short run. Hopefully someone will eventually be motivated to code a proper fix before all the effected hardware dies. (Above text by me. Johannes officially disavows all knowledge of this hack. -- JWL) Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_wlan.h | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_wlan.h b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_wlan.h index ffdf4876121..a68f97c3935 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_wlan.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_wlan.h @@ -918,9 +918,12 @@ struct hostap_interface { /* * TX meta data - stored in skb->cb buffer, so this must not be increased over - * the 40-byte limit + * the 48-byte limit. + * THE PADDING THIS STARTS WITH IS A HORRIBLE HACK THAT SHOULD NOT LIVE + * TO SEE THE DAY. */ struct hostap_skb_tx_data { + unsigned int __padding_for_default_qdiscs; u32 magic; /* HOSTAP_SKB_TX_DATA_MAGIC */ u8 rate; /* transmit rate */ #define HOSTAP_TX_FLAGS_WDS BIT(0) -- 2.41.1