1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/libopie2/opienet/onetwork.cpp b/libopie2/opienet/onetwork.cpp
index f4bdbe0..05513f8 100644
--- a/libopie2/opienet/onetwork.cpp
+++ b/libopie2/opienet/onetwork.cpp
@@ -520,35 +520,34 @@ void OWirelessNetworkInterface::buildInformation()
 {
     //ML: If you listen carefully enough, you can hear lots of WLAN drivers suck
     //ML: The HostAP drivers need more than sizeof struct_iw range to complete
     //ML: SIOCGIWRANGE otherwise they fail with "Invalid Argument Length".
     //ML: The Wlan-NG drivers on the otherside fail (segfault!) if you allocate
     //ML: _too much_ space. This is damn shitty crap *sigh*
     //ML: We allocate a large memory region in RAM and check whether the
     //ML: driver pollutes this extra space. The complaint will be made on stdout,
     //ML: so please forward this...
 
     struct iwreq wrq;
     int len = sizeof( struct iw_range )*2;
-    char *buffer = (char*) malloc( len );
-    //FIXME: Validate if we actually got the memory block
+    char buffer[len];
     memset( buffer, 0, len );
     memcpy( wrq.ifr_name, name(), IFNAMSIZ);
     wrq.u.data.pointer = (caddr_t) buffer;
-    wrq.u.data.length = sizeof( struct iw_range );
+    wrq.u.data.length = sizeof buffer;
     wrq.u.data.flags = 0;
 
     if ( ::ioctl( _sfd, SIOCGIWRANGE, &wrq ) == -1 )
     {
-        owarn << "OWirelessNetworkInterface::buildInformation(): Can't get channel information - using default values." << oendl;
+        owarn << "OWirelessNetworkInterface::buildInformation(): Can't get driver information (" << strerror( errno ) << ") - using default values." << oendl;
         _channels.insert( 2412,  1 ); // 2.412 GHz
         _channels.insert( 2417,  2 ); // 2.417 GHz
         _channels.insert( 2422,  3 ); // 2.422 GHz
         _channels.insert( 2427,  4 ); // 2.427 GHz
         _channels.insert( 2432,  5 ); // 2.432 GHz
         _channels.insert( 2437,  6 ); // 2.437 GHz
         _channels.insert( 2442,  7 ); // 2.442 GHz
         _channels.insert( 2447,  8 ); // 2.447 GHz
         _channels.insert( 2452,  9 ); // 2.452 GHz
         _channels.insert( 2457, 10 ); // 2.457 GHz
         _channels.insert( 2462, 11 ); // 2.462 GHz
 
@@ -573,47 +572,46 @@ void OWirelessNetworkInterface::buildInformation()
 
         odebug << "OWirelessNetworkInterface::buildInformation(): Interface reported to have " << (int) range.num_frequency << " channels." << oendl;
         for ( int i = 0; i < range.num_frequency; ++i )
         {
             int freq = (int) ( double( range.freq[i].m ) * pow( 10.0, range.freq[i].e ) / 1000000.0 );
             odebug << "OWirelessNetworkInterface::buildInformation: Adding frequency " << freq << " as channel " << i+1 << oendl;
             _channels.insert( freq, i+1 );
         }
     }
 
     memcpy( &_range, buffer, sizeof( struct iw_range ) );
     odebug << "OWirelessNetworkInterface::buildInformation(): Information block constructed." << oendl;
-    free(buffer);
 }
 
 
 short OWirelessNetworkInterface::wirelessExtensionDriverVersion() const
 {
     return _range.we_version_compiled;
 }
 
 
 void OWirelessNetworkInterface::buildPrivateList()
 {
     odebug << "OWirelessNetworkInterface::buildPrivateList()" << oendl;
 
     struct iw_priv_args priv[IW_MAX_PRIV_DEF];
 
     _iwr.u.data.pointer = (char*) &priv;
     _iwr.u.data.length = IW_MAX_PRIV_DEF; // length in terms of number of (sizeof iw_priv_args), not (sizeof iw_priv_args) itself
     _iwr.u.data.flags = 0;
 
     if ( !wioctl( SIOCGIWPRIV ) )
     {
-        owarn << "OWirelessNetworkInterface::buildPrivateList(): Can't get private ioctl information." << oendl;
+        owarn << "OWirelessNetworkInterface::buildPrivateList(): Can't get private ioctl information (" << strerror( errno ) << ")." << oendl;
         return;
     }
 
     for ( int i = 0; i < _iwr.u.data.length; ++i )
     {
         new OPrivateIOCTL( this, priv[i].name, priv[i].cmd, priv[i].get_args, priv[i].set_args );
     }
     odebug << "OWirelessNetworkInterface::buildPrivateList(): Private ioctl list constructed." << oendl;
 }
 
 
 void OWirelessNetworkInterface::dumpInformation() const