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Re: [RFC v2 1/3] nl80211: Add nl80211_notify_iface

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On 9-7-2016 16:05, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> Hi Denis,
> 
>> This function emits NL80211_CMD_NEW_INTERFACE or
>> NL80211_CMD_DEL_INTERFACE events.  This is meant to be used by the core
>> to notify userspace applications such as wpa_supplicant when a netdev
>> related to a wireless device has been added or removed.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Denis Kenzior <denkenz@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> net/wireless/nl80211.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> net/wireless/nl80211.h |  3 +++
>> 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
>> index f39fd4d..da03e17 100644
>> --- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
>> +++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
>> @@ -11855,6 +11855,34 @@ void nl80211_notify_wiphy(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
>> 				NL80211_MCGRP_CONFIG, GFP_KERNEL);
>> }
>>
>> +void nl80211_notify_iface(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
>> +				struct wireless_dev *wdev,
>> +				enum nl80211_commands cmd)
>> +{
>> +	struct sk_buff *msg;
>> +	bool removal;
>> +
>> +	WARN_ON(cmd != NL80211_CMD_NEW_INTERFACE &&
>> +		cmd != NL80211_CMD_DEL_INTERFACE);
> 
> I would assume that BUILD_BUG_ON does a way job better here.

Why? I don't see why the condition would be compile-time constant as it
can be called from outside nl80211.c.

Regards,
Arend

> Regards
> 
> Marcel
> 
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