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SubjectRe: [PATCH] wl12xx: fix size of two memset's in wl1271_cmd_build_arp_rsp()
On Sun, 22 Apr 2012, Jesper Juhl wrote:

> We currently do this:
>
> int wl1271_cmd_build_arp_rsp(struct wl1271 *wl, struct wl12xx_vif *wlvif)
> ...
> struct wl12xx_arp_rsp_template *tmpl;
> struct ieee80211_hdr_3addr *hdr;
> ...
> tmpl = (struct wl12xx_arp_rsp_template *)skb_put(skb, sizeof(*tmpl));
> memset(tmpl, 0, sizeof(tmpl));
> ...
> hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr_3addr *)skb_push(skb, sizeof(*hdr));
> memset(hdr, 0, sizeof(*hdr));
> ...
>
> I believe we want to set the entire structures to 0 with those
> memset() calls, not just zero the initial part of them (size of the
> pointer bytes).
>

Sorry, I accidentally copied that code from the fixed version. The above
should read:


We currently do this:

int wl1271_cmd_build_arp_rsp(struct wl1271 *wl, struct wl12xx_vif *wlvif)
...
struct wl12xx_arp_rsp_template *tmpl;
struct ieee80211_hdr_3addr *hdr;
...
tmpl = (struct wl12xx_arp_rsp_template *)skb_put(skb, sizeof(*tmpl));
memset(tmpl, 0, sizeof(tmpl));
...
hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr_3addr *)skb_push(skb, sizeof(*hdr));
memset(hdr, 0, sizeof(hdr));
...

I believe we want to set the entire structures to 0 with those
memset() calls, not just zero the initial part of them (size of the
pointer bytes).





> Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@chaosbits.net>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/cmd.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/cmd.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/cmd.c
> index 3414fc1..8e65529 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/cmd.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/cmd.c
> @@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ int wl1271_cmd_build_arp_rsp(struct wl1271 *wl, struct wl12xx_vif *wlvif)
> skb_reserve(skb, sizeof(*hdr) + WL1271_EXTRA_SPACE_MAX);
>
> tmpl = (struct wl12xx_arp_rsp_template *)skb_put(skb, sizeof(*tmpl));
> - memset(tmpl, 0, sizeof(tmpl));
> + memset(tmpl, 0, sizeof(*tmpl));
>
> /* llc layer */
> memcpy(tmpl->llc_hdr, rfc1042_header, sizeof(rfc1042_header));
> @@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ int wl1271_cmd_build_arp_rsp(struct wl1271 *wl, struct wl12xx_vif *wlvif)
>
> /* mac80211 header */
> hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr_3addr *)skb_push(skb, sizeof(*hdr));
> - memset(hdr, 0, sizeof(hdr));
> + memset(hdr, 0, sizeof(*hdr));
> fc = IEEE80211_FTYPE_DATA | IEEE80211_FCTL_TODS;
> if (wlvif->sta.qos)
> fc |= IEEE80211_STYPE_QOS_DATA;
>

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