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| author | Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> | 2014-10-22 12:23:01 -0700 |
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| committer | Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> | 2014-10-27 08:48:31 +0100 |
| commit | ad28757eef268e609677d0e3d8c0bdadde52a711 (patch) | |
| tree | 984c07ef1b79cc56fd0d0628db5759cefa87b45e | |
| parent | 1998d90ad424c1ff12ea24816ce158d5262e06a5 (diff) | |
| download | linux-ad28757eef268e609677d0e3d8c0bdadde52a711.tar.bz2 | |
mac80211: allow creating wiphy devices with suggested name
Support creating wiphy devices with an optional name.
This will be used by hwsim to have better automated control
over virtual radio creation/deletion.
Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/mac80211.h | 28 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/mac80211/main.c | 9 |
2 files changed, 31 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index 2b7426a90ff0..bb50e8beec0e 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -3063,7 +3063,7 @@ struct ieee80211_ops { }; /** - * ieee80211_alloc_hw - Allocate a new hardware device + * ieee80211_alloc_hw_nm - Allocate a new hardware device * * This must be called once for each hardware device. The returned pointer * must be used to refer to this device when calling other functions. @@ -3073,11 +3073,35 @@ struct ieee80211_ops { * * @priv_data_len: length of private data * @ops: callbacks for this device + * @requested_name: Requested name for this device. + * NULL is valid value, and means use the default naming (phy%d) * * Return: A pointer to the new hardware device, or %NULL on error. */ +struct ieee80211_hw *ieee80211_alloc_hw_nm(size_t priv_data_len, + const struct ieee80211_ops *ops, + const char *requested_name); + +/** + * ieee80211_alloc_hw - Allocate a new hardware device + * + * This must be called once for each hardware device. The returned pointer + * must be used to refer to this device when calling other functions. + * mac80211 allocates a private data area for the driver pointed to by + * @priv in &struct ieee80211_hw, the size of this area is given as + * @priv_data_len. + * + * @priv_data_len: length of private data + * @ops: callbacks for this device + * + * Return: A pointer to the new hardware device, or %NULL on error. + */ +static inline struct ieee80211_hw *ieee80211_alloc_hw(size_t priv_data_len, - const struct ieee80211_ops *ops); + const struct ieee80211_ops *ops) +{ + return ieee80211_alloc_hw_nm(priv_data_len, ops, NULL); +} /** * ieee80211_register_hw - Register hardware device diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c index 9e322dce64ec..b189122d4b20 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/main.c +++ b/net/mac80211/main.c @@ -478,8 +478,9 @@ static const struct ieee80211_vht_cap mac80211_vht_capa_mod_mask = { }, }; -struct ieee80211_hw *ieee80211_alloc_hw(size_t priv_data_len, - const struct ieee80211_ops *ops) +struct ieee80211_hw *ieee80211_alloc_hw_nm(size_t priv_data_len, + const struct ieee80211_ops *ops, + const char *requested_name) { struct ieee80211_local *local; int priv_size, i; @@ -519,7 +520,7 @@ struct ieee80211_hw *ieee80211_alloc_hw(size_t priv_data_len, */ priv_size = ALIGN(sizeof(*local), NETDEV_ALIGN) + priv_data_len; - wiphy = wiphy_new(&mac80211_config_ops, priv_size); + wiphy = wiphy_new_nm(&mac80211_config_ops, priv_size, requested_name); if (!wiphy) return NULL; @@ -649,7 +650,7 @@ struct ieee80211_hw *ieee80211_alloc_hw(size_t priv_data_len, return &local->hw; } -EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_alloc_hw); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_alloc_hw_nm); static int ieee80211_init_cipher_suites(struct ieee80211_local *local) { |