[patch 2/5] Apply the PG_sensitive flag to mac80211 WEP keyhandling

From: Larry H.
Date: Wed May 20 2009 - 14:47:50 EST


This patch deploys the use of the PG_sensitive page allocator flag
within the mac80211 driver, more specifically the handling of WEP
RC4 keys during encryption and decryption.

Signed-off-by: Larry H. <research@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
net/mac80211/wep.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/net/mac80211/wep.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/net/mac80211/wep.c
+++ linux-2.6/net/mac80211/wep.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ int ieee80211_wep_encrypt(struct ieee802
return -1;

klen = 3 + key->conf.keylen;
- rc4key = kmalloc(klen, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ rc4key = kmalloc(klen, GFP_ATOMIC | GFP_SENSITIVE);
if (!rc4key)
return -1;

@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ int ieee80211_wep_decrypt(struct ieee802

klen = 3 + key->conf.keylen;

- rc4key = kmalloc(klen, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ rc4key = kmalloc(klen, GFP_ATOMIC | GFP_SENSITIVE);
if (!rc4key)
return -1;

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