Network devices can allocate reasources and private memory using
netdev_ops->ndo_init().  However, the release of these resources
can occur in one of two different places.

Either netdev_ops->ndo_uninit() or netdev->destructor().

The decision of which operation frees the resources depends upon
whether it is necessary for all netdev refs to be released before it
is safe to perform the freeing.

netdev_ops->ndo_uninit() presumably can occur right after the
NETDEV_UNREGISTER notifier completes and the unicast and multicast
address lists are flushed.

netdev->destructor(), on the other hand, does not run until the
netdev references all go away.

Further complicating the situation is that netdev->destructor()
almost universally does also a free_netdev().

This creates a problem for the logic in register_netdevice().
Because all callers of register_netdevice() manage the freeing
of the netdev, and invoke free_netdev(dev) if register_netdevice()
fails.

If netdev_ops->ndo_init() succeeds, but something else fails inside
of register_netdevice(), it does call ndo_ops->ndo_uninit().  But
it is not able to invoke netdev->destructor().

This is because netdev->destructor() will do a free_netdev() and
then the caller of register_netdevice() will do the same.

However, this means that the resources that would normally be released
by netdev->destructor() will not be.

Over the years drivers have added local hacks to deal with this, by
invoking their destructor parts by hand when register_netdevice()
fails.

Many drivers do not try to deal with this, and instead we have leaks.

Let's close this hole by formalizing the distinction between what
private things need to be freed up by netdev->destructor() and whether
the driver needs unregister_netdevice() to perform the free_netdev().

netdev->priv_destructor() performs all actions to free up the private
resources that used to be freed by netdev->destructor(), except for
free_netdev().

netdev->needs_free_netdev is a boolean that indicates whether
free_netdev() should be done at the end of unregister_netdevice().

Now, register_netdevice() can sanely release all resources after
ndo_ops->ndo_init() succeeds, by invoking both ndo_ops->ndo_uninit()
and netdev->priv_destructor().

And at the end of unregister_netdevice(), we invoke
netdev->priv_destructor() and optionally call free_netdev().

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

Johannes Berg says:

====================
Another set of patches for -next:
 * API support for concurrent scheduled scan requests
 * API changes for roaming reporting
 * BSS max idle support in mac80211
 * API changes for TX status reporting in mac80211
 * API changes for RX rate reporting in mac80211
 * rewrite monitor logic to prepare for BPF filters
 * bugfix for rare devices without 2.4 GHz support
 * a bugfix for recent DFS changes
 * some further cleanups

The API changes are actually at a nice time, since it's
typically quiet just before the merge window, and trees
can be synchronized easily during it.
====================

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

Have proper request id filled in the SCHED_SCAN_RESULTS and
SCHED_SCAN_STOPPED notifications toward user-space by having the
driver provide it through the api.

Reviewed-by: Hante Meuleman <hante.meuleman@broadcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Pieter-Paul Giesberts <pieter-paul.giesberts@broadcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Franky Lin <franky.lin@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

We currently use a lot of flags that are mutually incompatible,
separate this out into actual encoding and bandwidth enum values.

Much of this again done with spatch, with manual post-editing,
mostly to add the switch statements and get rid of the conversions.

@@
expression status;
@@
-status->enc_flags |= RX_ENC_FLAG_80MHZ
+status->bw = RATE_INFO_BW_80
@@
expression status;
@@
-status->enc_flags |= RX_ENC_FLAG_40MHZ
+status->bw = RATE_INFO_BW_40
@@
expression status;
@@
-status->enc_flags |= RX_ENC_FLAG_20MHZ
+status->bw = RATE_INFO_BW_20
@@
expression status;
@@
-status->enc_flags |= RX_ENC_FLAG_160MHZ
+status->bw = RATE_INFO_BW_160
@@
expression status;
@@
-status->enc_flags |= RX_ENC_FLAG_5MHZ
+status->bw = RATE_INFO_BW_5
@@
expression status;
@@
-status->enc_flags |= RX_ENC_FLAG_10MHZ
+status->bw = RATE_INFO_BW_10

@@
expression status;
@@
-status->enc_flags |= RX_ENC_FLAG_VHT
+status->encoding = RX_ENC_VHT
@@
expression status;
@@
-status->enc_flags |= RX_ENC_FLAG_HT
+status->encoding = RX_ENC_HT
@@
expression status;
@@
-status.enc_flags |= RX_ENC_FLAG_VHT
+status.encoding = RX_ENC_VHT
@@
expression status;
@@
-status.enc_flags |= RX_ENC_FLAG_HT
+status.encoding = RX_ENC_HT

@@
expression status;
@@
-(status->enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_HT)
+(status->encoding == RX_ENC_HT)
@@
expression status;
@@
-(status->enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_VHT)
+(status->encoding == RX_ENC_VHT)

@@
expression status;
@@
-(status->enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_5MHZ)
+(status->bw == RATE_INFO_BW_5)
@@
expression status;
@@
-(status->enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_10MHZ)
+(status->bw == RATE_INFO_BW_10)
@@
expression status;
@@
-(status->enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_40MHZ)
+(status->bw == RATE_INFO_BW_40)
@@
expression status;
@@
-(status->enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_80MHZ)
+(status->bw == RATE_INFO_BW_80)
@@
expression status;
@@
-(status->enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_160MHZ)
+(status->bw == RATE_INFO_BW_160)

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

In preparation for adding support for HE rates, clean up
the driver report encoding for rate/bandwidth reporting
on RX frames.

Much of this patch was done with the following spatch:

@@
expression status;
@@
-status->flag & (RX_FLAG_HT | RX_FLAG_VHT)
+status->enc_flags & (RX_ENC_FLAG_HT | RX_ENC_FLAG_VHT)

@@
assignment operator op;
expression status;
@@
-status->flag op RX_FLAG_SHORTPRE
+status->enc_flags op RX_ENC_FLAG_SHORTPRE
@@
expression status;
@@
-status->flag & RX_FLAG_SHORTPRE
+status->enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_SHORTPRE

@@
assignment operator op;
expression status;
@@
-status->flag op RX_FLAG_HT
+status->enc_flags op RX_ENC_FLAG_HT
@@
expression status;
@@
-status->flag & RX_FLAG_HT
+status->enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_HT

@@
assignment operator op;
expression status;
@@
-status->flag op RX_FLAG_40MHZ
+status->enc_flags op RX_ENC_FLAG_40MHZ
@@
expression status;
@@
-status->flag & RX_FLAG_40MHZ
+status->enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_40MHZ

@@
assignment operator op;
expression status;
@@
-status->flag op RX_FLAG_SHORT_GI
+status->enc_flags op RX_ENC_FLAG_SHORT_GI
@@
expression status;
@@
-status->flag & RX_FLAG_SHORT_GI
+status->enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_SHORT_GI

@@
assignment operator op;
expression status;
@@
-status->flag op RX_FLAG_HT_GF
+status->enc_flags op RX_ENC_FLAG_HT_GF
@@
expression status;
@@
-status->flag & RX_FLAG_HT_GF
+status->enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_HT_GF

@@
assignment operator op;
expression status;
@@
-status->flag op RX_FLAG_VHT
+status->enc_flags op RX_ENC_FLAG_VHT
@@
expression status;
@@
-status->flag & RX_FLAG_VHT
+status->enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_VHT

@@
assignment operator op;
expression status;
@@
-status->flag op RX_FLAG_STBC_MASK
+status->enc_flags op RX_ENC_FLAG_STBC_MASK
@@
expression status;
@@
-status->flag & RX_FLAG_STBC_MASK
+status->enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_STBC_MASK

@@
assignment operator op;
expression status;
@@
-status->flag op RX_FLAG_LDPC
+status->enc_flags op RX_ENC_FLAG_LDPC
@@
expression status;
@@
-status->flag & RX_FLAG_LDPC
+status->enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_LDPC

@@
assignment operator op;
expression status;
@@
-status->flag op RX_FLAG_10MHZ
+status->enc_flags op RX_ENC_FLAG_10MHZ
@@
expression status;
@@
-status->flag & RX_FLAG_10MHZ
+status->enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_10MHZ

@@
assignment operator op;
expression status;
@@
-status->flag op RX_FLAG_5MHZ
+status->enc_flags op RX_ENC_FLAG_5MHZ
@@
expression status;
@@
-status->flag & RX_FLAG_5MHZ
+status->enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_5MHZ

@@
assignment operator op;
expression status;
@@
-status->vht_flag op RX_VHT_FLAG_80MHZ
+status->enc_flags op RX_ENC_FLAG_80MHZ
@@
expression status;
@@
-status->vht_flag & RX_VHT_FLAG_80MHZ
+status->enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_80MHZ

@@
assignment operator op;
expression status;
@@
-status->vht_flag op RX_VHT_FLAG_160MHZ
+status->enc_flags op RX_ENC_FLAG_160MHZ
@@
expression status;
@@
-status->vht_flag & RX_VHT_FLAG_160MHZ
+status->enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_160MHZ

@@
assignment operator op;
expression status;
@@
-status->vht_flag op RX_VHT_FLAG_BF
+status->enc_flags op RX_ENC_FLAG_BF
@@
expression status;
@@
-status->vht_flag & RX_VHT_FLAG_BF
+status->enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_BF

@@
assignment operator op;
expression status, STBC;
@@
-status->flag op STBC << RX_FLAG_STBC_SHIFT
+status->enc_flags op STBC << RX_ENC_FLAG_STBC_SHIFT

@@
assignment operator op;
expression status;
@@
-status.flag op RX_FLAG_SHORTPRE
+status.enc_flags op RX_ENC_FLAG_SHORTPRE
@@
expression status;
@@
-status.flag & RX_FLAG_SHORTPRE
+status.enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_SHORTPRE

@@
assignment operator op;
expression status;
@@
-status.flag op RX_FLAG_HT
+status.enc_flags op RX_ENC_FLAG_HT
@@
expression status;
@@
-status.flag & RX_FLAG_HT
+status.enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_HT

@@
assignment operator op;
expression status;
@@
-status.flag op RX_FLAG_40MHZ
+status.enc_flags op RX_ENC_FLAG_40MHZ
@@
expression status;
@@
-status.flag & RX_FLAG_40MHZ
+status.enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_40MHZ

@@
assignment operator op;
expression status;
@@
-status.flag op RX_FLAG_SHORT_GI
+status.enc_flags op RX_ENC_FLAG_SHORT_GI
@@
expression status;
@@
-status.flag & RX_FLAG_SHORT_GI
+status.enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_SHORT_GI

@@
assignment operator op;
expression status;
@@
-status.flag op RX_FLAG_HT_GF
+status.enc_flags op RX_ENC_FLAG_HT_GF
@@
expression status;
@@
-status.flag & RX_FLAG_HT_GF
+status.enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_HT_GF

@@
assignment operator op;
expression status;
@@
-status.flag op RX_FLAG_VHT
+status.enc_flags op RX_ENC_FLAG_VHT
@@
expression status;
@@
-status.flag & RX_FLAG_VHT
+status.enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_VHT

@@
assignment operator op;
expression status;
@@
-status.flag op RX_FLAG_STBC_MASK
+status.enc_flags op RX_ENC_FLAG_STBC_MASK
@@
expression status;
@@
-status.flag & RX_FLAG_STBC_MASK
+status.enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_STBC_MASK

@@
assignment operator op;
expression status;
@@
-status.flag op RX_FLAG_LDPC
+status.enc_flags op RX_ENC_FLAG_LDPC
@@
expression status;
@@
-status.flag & RX_FLAG_LDPC
+status.enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_LDPC

@@
assignment operator op;
expression status;
@@
-status.flag op RX_FLAG_10MHZ
+status.enc_flags op RX_ENC_FLAG_10MHZ
@@
expression status;
@@
-status.flag & RX_FLAG_10MHZ
+status.enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_10MHZ

@@
assignment operator op;
expression status;
@@
-status.flag op RX_FLAG_5MHZ
+status.enc_flags op RX_ENC_FLAG_5MHZ
@@
expression status;
@@
-status.flag & RX_FLAG_5MHZ
+status.enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_5MHZ

@@
assignment operator op;
expression status;
@@
-status.vht_flag op RX_VHT_FLAG_80MHZ
+status.enc_flags op RX_ENC_FLAG_80MHZ
@@
expression status;
@@
-status.vht_flag & RX_VHT_FLAG_80MHZ
+status.enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_80MHZ

@@
assignment operator op;
expression status;
@@
-status.vht_flag op RX_VHT_FLAG_160MHZ
+status.enc_flags op RX_ENC_FLAG_160MHZ
@@
expression status;
@@
-status.vht_flag & RX_VHT_FLAG_160MHZ
+status.enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_160MHZ

@@
assignment operator op;
expression status;
@@
-status.vht_flag op RX_VHT_FLAG_BF
+status.enc_flags op RX_ENC_FLAG_BF
@@
expression status;
@@
-status.vht_flag & RX_VHT_FLAG_BF
+status.enc_flags & RX_ENC_FLAG_BF

@@
assignment operator op;
expression status, STBC;
@@
-status.flag op STBC << RX_FLAG_STBC_SHIFT
+status.enc_flags op STBC << RX_ENC_FLAG_STBC_SHIFT

@@
@@
-RX_FLAG_STBC_SHIFT
+RX_ENC_FLAG_STBC_SHIFT

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

For multiple scheduled scan support the driver needs to know which
scheduled scan request is being stopped. Pass the request id in the
.sched_scan_stop() callback.

Reviewed-by: Hante Meuleman <hante.meuleman@broadcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Pieter-Paul Giesberts <pieter-paul.giesberts@broadcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Franky Lin <franky.lin@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

This patch implements the idea to have multiple scheduled scan requests
running concurrently. It mainly illustrates how to deal with the incoming
request from user-space in terms of backward compatibility. In order to
use multiple scheduled scans user-space needs to provide a flag attribute
NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_MULTI to indicate support. If not the request is
treated as a legacy scan.

Drivers currently supporting scheduled scan are now indicating they support
a single scheduled scan request. This obsoletes WIPHY_FLAG_SUPPORTS_SCHED_SCAN.

Reviewed-by: Hante Meuleman <hante.meuleman@broadcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Pieter-Paul Giesberts <pieter-paul.giesberts@broadcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Franky Lin <franky.lin@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>
[clean up netlink destroy path to avoid allocations, code cleanups]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

Function alloc_workqueue() will return a NULL pointer if there is no
enough memory, and its return value should be validated before using.
However, in function if_spi_probe(), its return value is not checked.
This may result in a NULL dereference bug. This patch fixes the bug.

Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@163.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>

Kalle Valo says:

====================
wireless-drivers-next patches for 4.12

Quite a lot of patches for rtlwifi and iwlwifi this time, but changes
also for other active wireless drivers.

Major changes:

ath9k

* add support for Dell Wireless 1601 PCI device

* add debugfs file to manually override noise floor

ath10k

* bump up FW API to 6 for a new QCA6174 firmware branch

wil6210

* support 8 kB RX buffers

iwlwifi

* work to support A000 devices continues

* add support for FW API 30

* add Geographical and Dynamic Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) support

* support a few new PCI device IDs

rtlwifi

* work on adding Bluetooth coexistance support, not finished yet
====================

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

Johannes Berg says:

====================
My last pull request has been a while, we now have:
 * connection quality monitoring with multiple thresholds
 * support for FILS shared key authentication offload
 * pre-CAC regulatory compliance - only ETSI allows this
 * sanity check for some rate confusion that hit ChromeOS
   (but nobody else uses it, evidently)
 * some documentation updates
 * lots of cleanups
====================

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>