wireless: add comments about bss refcounting
Should help the next person that tries to understand
the bss refcounting logic.
Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
diff --git a/net/wireless/scan.c b/net/wireless/scan.c
index dd01b58..ae8c186 100644
--- a/net/wireless/scan.c
+++ b/net/wireless/scan.c
@@ -523,6 +523,7 @@
}
}
+/* Returned bss is reference counted and must be cleaned up appropriately. */
struct cfg80211_bss *cfg80211_get_bss(struct wiphy *wiphy,
struct ieee80211_channel *channel,
const u8 *bssid,
@@ -678,6 +679,7 @@
return true;
}
+/* Returned bss is reference counted and must be cleaned up appropriately. */
static struct cfg80211_internal_bss *
cfg80211_bss_update(struct cfg80211_registered_device *dev,
struct cfg80211_internal_bss *tmp)
@@ -866,6 +868,7 @@
return channel;
}
+/* Returned bss is reference counted and must be cleaned up appropriately. */
struct cfg80211_bss*
cfg80211_inform_bss(struct wiphy *wiphy,
struct ieee80211_channel *channel,
@@ -923,6 +926,7 @@
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_inform_bss);
+/* Returned bss is reference counted and must be cleaned up appropriately. */
struct cfg80211_bss *
cfg80211_inform_bss_frame(struct wiphy *wiphy,
struct ieee80211_channel *channel,