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-rw-r--r--include/net/cfg80211.h5
-rw-r--r--net/wireless/wext-compat.c7
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 81a3bfa4547..389f1d20adf 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -781,10 +781,11 @@ enum wiphy_params_flags {
* @get_key: get information about the key with the given parameters.
* @mac_addr will be %NULL when requesting information for a group
* key. All pointers given to the @callback function need not be valid
- * after it returns.
+ * after it returns. This function should return an error if it is
+ * not possible to retrieve the key, -ENOENT if it doesn't exist.
*
* @del_key: remove a key given the @mac_addr (%NULL for a group key)
- * and @key_index
+ * and @key_index, return -ENOENT if the key doesn't exist.
*
* @set_default_key: set the default key on an interface
*
diff --git a/net/wireless/wext-compat.c b/net/wireless/wext-compat.c
index f98090b90fb..711e00a0c9b 100644
--- a/net/wireless/wext-compat.c
+++ b/net/wireless/wext-compat.c
@@ -504,6 +504,13 @@ static int cfg80211_set_encryption(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
else if (idx == wdev->wext.default_mgmt_key)
wdev->wext.default_mgmt_key = -1;
}
+ /*
+ * Applications using wireless extensions expect to be
+ * able to delete keys that don't exist, so allow that.
+ */
+ if (err == -ENOENT)
+ return 0;
+
return err;
} else {
if (addr)