Re: [PATCH 04/19] wilc: add host_interface.c

[Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>]

> +	*currbyte = (u32)0 & DRV_HANDLER_MASK;

You do this a few times, not sure what it's supposed to achieve?

> +	if (param->flag & RETRY_LONG) {
> +		u16 limit = param->long_retry_limit;
> +
> +		if (limit > 0 && limit < 256) {
> +			wid_list[i].id = WID_LONG_RETRY_LIMIT;
> +			wid_list[i].val = (s8 *)&param->long_retry_limit;
> +			wid_list[i].type = WID_SHORT;
> +			wid_list[i].size = sizeof(u16);
> +			hif_drv->cfg_values.long_retry_limit = limit;
> +		} else {
> +			netdev_err(vif->ndev, "Range(1~256) over\n");
> +			goto unlock;
> +		}
> +		i++;
> +	}

So ... can anyone tell me why there's a complete driver-internal
messaging infrastructure in this, that even suppresses errors like here
(out of range just results in a message rather than returning an error
to wherever it originated)?

It almost *seems* like it's a to-device infrastructure, but it can't be
since it uses host pointers everywhere?

I think this code would be far better off without the "bounce in driver
to resolve host pointers" step.

> +	if (conn_attr->ssid) {
> +		memcpy(cur_byte, conn_attr->ssid, conn_attr->ssid_len);
> +		cur_byte[conn_attr->ssid_len] = '\0';
> +	}
> +	cur_byte += MAX_SSID_LEN;

again, SSIDs are not 0-terminated strings

> +static void host_int_fill_join_bss_param(struct join_bss_param *param, u8 *ies,
> +					 u16 *out_index, u8 *pcipher_tc,
> +					 u8 *auth_total_cnt, u32 tsf_lo,
> +					 u8 *rates_no)
> +{
> +	u8 ext_rates_no;
> +	u16 offset;
> +	u8 pcipher_cnt;
> +	u8 auth_cnt;
> +	u8 i, j;
> +	u16 index = *out_index;
> +
> +	if (ies[index] == WLAN_EID_SUPP_RATES) {
> +		*rates_no = ies[index + 1];
> +		param->supp_rates[0] = *rates_no;
> +		index += 2;
> +
> +		for (i = 0; i < *rates_no; i++)
> +			param->supp_rates[i + 1] = ies[index + i];
> +
> +		index += *rates_no;
> +	} else if (ies[index] == WLAN_EID_EXT_SUPP_RATES) {
> +		ext_rates_no = ies[index + 1];
> +		if (ext_rates_no > (MAX_RATES_SUPPORTED - *rates_no))
> +			param->supp_rates[0] = MAX_RATES_SUPPORTED;
> +		else
> +			param->supp_rates[0] += ext_rates_no;
> +		index += 2;
> +		for (i = 0; i < (param->supp_rates[0] - *rates_no); i++)
> +			param->supp_rates[*rates_no + i + 1] = ies[index + i];
> +
> +		index += ext_rates_no;
> +	} else if (ies[index] == WLAN_EID_HT_CAPABILITY) {
> +		param->ht_capable = true;
> +		index += ies[index + 1] + 2;
> +	} else if ((ies[index] == WLAN_EID_VENDOR_SPECIFIC) &&
> +		   (ies[index + 2] == 0x00) && (ies[index + 3] == 0x50) &&
> +		   (ies[index + 4] == 0xF2) && (ies[index + 5] == 0x02) &&
> +		   ((ies[index + 6] == 0x00) || (ies[index + 6] == 0x01)) &&
> +		   (ies[index + 7] == 0x01)) {
> +		param->wmm_cap = true;
> +
> +		if (ies[index + 8] & BIT(7))
> +			param->uapsd_cap = true;
> +		index += ies[index + 1] + 2;
> +	} else if ((ies[index] == WLAN_EID_VENDOR_SPECIFIC) &&
> +		 (ies[index + 2] == 0x50) && (ies[index + 3] == 0x6f) &&
> +		 (ies[index + 4] == 0x9a) &&
> +		 (ies[index + 5] == 0x09) && (ies[index + 6] == 0x0c)) {
> +		u16 p2p_cnt;
> +
> +		param->tsf = tsf_lo;
> +		param->noa_enabled = 1;
> +		param->idx = ies[index + 9];
> +
> +		if (ies[index + 10] & BIT(7)) {
> +			param->opp_enabled = 1;
> +			param->ct_window = ies[index + 10];
> +		} else {
> +			param->opp_enabled = 0;
> +		}
> +
> +		param->cnt = ies[index + 11];
> +		p2p_cnt = index + 12;
> +
> +		memcpy(param->duration, ies + p2p_cnt, 4);
> +		p2p_cnt += 4;
> +
> +		memcpy(param->interval, ies + p2p_cnt, 4);
> +		p2p_cnt += 4;
> +
> +		memcpy(param->start_time, ies + p2p_cnt, 4);
> +
> +		index += ies[index + 1] + 2;
> +	} else if ((ies[index] == WLAN_EID_RSN) ||
> +		 ((ies[index] == WLAN_EID_VENDOR_SPECIFIC) &&
> +		  (ies[index + 2] == 0x00) &&
> +		  (ies[index + 3] == 0x50) && (ies[index + 4] == 0xF2) &&
> +		  (ies[index + 5] == 0x01))) {
> +		u16 rsn_idx = index;
> +
> +		if (ies[rsn_idx] == WLAN_EID_RSN) {
> +			param->mode_802_11i = 2;
> +		} else {
> +			if (param->mode_802_11i == 0)
> +				param->mode_802_11i = 1;
> +			rsn_idx += 4;
> +		}
> +
> +		rsn_idx += 7;
> +		param->rsn_grp_policy = ies[rsn_idx];
> +		rsn_idx++;
> +		offset = ies[rsn_idx] * 4;
> +		pcipher_cnt = (ies[rsn_idx] > 3) ? 3 : ies[rsn_idx];
> +		rsn_idx += 2;
> +
> +		i = *pcipher_tc;
> +		j = 0;
> +		for (; i < (pcipher_cnt + *pcipher_tc) && i < 3; i++, j++) {
> +			u8 *policy =  &param->rsn_pcip_policy[i];
> +
> +			*policy = ies[rsn_idx + ((j + 1) * 4) - 1];
> +		}
> +
> +		*pcipher_tc += pcipher_cnt;
> +		rsn_idx += offset;
> +
> +		offset = ies[rsn_idx] * 4;
> +
> +		auth_cnt = (ies[rsn_idx] > 3) ? 3 : ies[rsn_idx];
> +		rsn_idx += 2;
> +		i = *auth_total_cnt;
> +		j = 0;
> +		for (; i < (*auth_total_cnt + auth_cnt); i++, j++) {
> +			u8 *policy =  &param->rsn_auth_policy[i];
> +
> +			*policy = ies[rsn_idx + ((j + 1) * 4) - 1];
> +		}
> +
> +		*auth_total_cnt += auth_cnt;
> +		rsn_idx += offset;
> +
> +		if (ies[index] == WLAN_EID_RSN) {
> +			param->rsn_cap[0] = ies[rsn_idx];
> +			param->rsn_cap[1] = ies[rsn_idx + 1];
> +			rsn_idx += 2;
> +		}
> +		param->rsn_found = true;
> +		index += ies[index + 1] + 2;
> +	} else {
> +		index += ies[index + 1] + 2;
> +	}
> +
> +	*out_index = index;
> +}

Again, use actual kernel infrastructure for much of this.

> +	cur_byte = wid.val;
> +	*cur_byte++ = (param->interval & 0xFF);
> +	*cur_byte++ = ((param->interval >> 8) & 0xFF);
> +	*cur_byte++ = ((param->interval >> 16) & 0xFF);
> +	*cur_byte++ = ((param->interval >> 24) & 0xFF);

put_unaligned_le32().

> +	*cur_byte++ = param->aid & 0xFF;
> +	*cur_byte++ = (param->aid >> 8) & 0xFF;

and so on

but then again, I just suggested to not have these "pack" functions to
start with, or at least not in this way, since it just means you first
pack everything into host structs, and then repack everything again into
firmware format ...


So far I guess I'd say:
 * use more kernel infra, in particular {get,put}_unaligned_le{16,32}
 * name your device/driver-specific constants better, rather than things
   like "SET_CFG" which leave everyone wondering if it's specific to
   this driver or something from elsewhere

johannes