nl80211: add generation number to all dumps
authorJohannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Fri, 7 Aug 2009 14:17:38 +0000 (16:17 +0200)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:13:43 +0000 (09:13 -0400)
commitf5ea9120be2e5d5c846243416cfdce01d02f5836
treecade27e47a90dde79a523598b96a2ebb50770d2f
parentf401a6f7ede753e56b84025e7d2db0d5ef560ce6
nl80211: add generation number to all dumps

In order for userspace to be able to figure out whether
it obtained a consistent snapshot of data or not when
using netlink dumps, we need to have a generation number
in each dump message that indicates whether the list has
changed or not -- its value is arbitrary.

This patch adds such a number to all dumps, this needs
some mac80211 involvement to keep track of a generation
number to start with when adding/removing mesh paths or
stations.

The wiphy and netdev lists can be fully handled within
cfg80211, of course, but generation numbers need to be
stored there as well.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
include/linux/nl80211.h
include/net/cfg80211.h
net/mac80211/cfg.c
net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
net/mac80211/mesh.h
net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
net/mac80211/sta_info.c
net/wireless/core.c
net/wireless/core.h
net/wireless/nl80211.c
net/wireless/scan.c