[Ieee80211-devel] [PATCH 5/29] Changed 802.11 headers to use ieee80211_info_element[0]

[James K. <jke...@li...>]

Changed 802.11 headers to use ieee80211_info_element as zero sized
array so that sizeof calculations do not account for IE sizes.

Signed-off-by: James Ketrenos <jke...@li...>

---

 include/net/ieee80211.h      |    8 ++++----
 net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c |    4 ++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

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diff --git a/include/net/ieee80211.h b/include/net/ieee80211.h
--- a/include/net/ieee80211.h
+++ b/include/net/ieee80211.h
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ struct ieee80211_authentication {
 	__le16 algorithm;
 	__le16 transaction;
 	__le16 status;
-	struct ieee80211_info_element info_element;
+	struct ieee80211_info_element info_element[0];
 } __attribute__ ((packed));
 
 struct ieee80211_probe_response {
@@ -553,14 +553,14 @@ struct ieee80211_probe_response {
 	u32 time_stamp[2];
 	__le16 beacon_interval;
 	__le16 capability;
-	struct ieee80211_info_element info_element;
+	struct ieee80211_info_element info_element[0];
 } __attribute__ ((packed));
 
 struct ieee80211_assoc_request_frame {
 	__le16 capability;
 	__le16 listen_interval;
 	u8 current_ap[ETH_ALEN];
-	struct ieee80211_info_element info_element;
+	struct ieee80211_info_element info_element[0];
 } __attribute__ ((packed));
 
 struct ieee80211_assoc_response_frame {
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ struct ieee80211_assoc_response_frame {
 	__le16 capability;
 	__le16 status;
 	__le16 aid;
-	struct ieee80211_info_element info_element;	/* supported rates */
+	struct ieee80211_info_element info_element[0];	/* supported rates */
 } __attribute__ ((packed));
 
 struct ieee80211_txb {
diff --git a/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c b/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c
--- a/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c
+++ b/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ static inline int ieee80211_network_init
 	network->wpa_ie_len = 0;
 	network->rsn_ie_len = 0;
 
-	info_element = &beacon->info_element;
+	info_element = beacon->info_element;
 	left = stats->len - ((void *)info_element - (void *)beacon);
 	while (left >= sizeof(struct ieee80211_info_element_hdr)) {
 		if (sizeof(struct ieee80211_info_element_hdr) +
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ static inline void ieee80211_process_pro
 	struct ieee80211_network *target;
 	struct ieee80211_network *oldest = NULL;
 #ifdef CONFIG_IEEE80211_DEBUG
-	struct ieee80211_info_element *info_element = &beacon->info_element;
+	struct ieee80211_info_element *info_element = beacon->info_element;
 #endif
 	unsigned long flags;