From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> cfg80211 used to do all its bookkeeping in the notifier, but some new stuff will have to use local variables so make the callback return the netdev pointer. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> --- include/net/cfg80211.h | 11 +++++++---- net/mac80211/cfg.c | 20 ++++++++++++-------- net/wireless/nl80211.c | 7 +++++-- 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) --- wireless-testing.orig/include/net/cfg80211.h 2010-12-01 21:06:31.000000000 +0100 +++ wireless-testing/include/net/cfg80211.h 2010-12-01 21:07:35.000000000 +0100 @@ -1031,7 +1031,8 @@ struct cfg80211_pmksa { * * @add_virtual_intf: create a new virtual interface with the given name, * must set the struct wireless_dev's iftype. Beware: You must create - * the new netdev in the wiphy's network namespace! + * the new netdev in the wiphy's network namespace! Returns the netdev, + * or an ERR_PTR. * * @del_virtual_intf: remove the virtual interface determined by ifindex. * @@ -1159,9 +1160,11 @@ struct cfg80211_ops { int (*suspend)(struct wiphy *wiphy); int (*resume)(struct wiphy *wiphy); - int (*add_virtual_intf)(struct wiphy *wiphy, char *name, - enum nl80211_iftype type, u32 *flags, - struct vif_params *params); + struct net_device * (*add_virtual_intf)(struct wiphy *wiphy, + char *name, + enum nl80211_iftype type, + u32 *flags, + struct vif_params *params); int (*del_virtual_intf)(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev); int (*change_virtual_intf)(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev, --- wireless-testing.orig/net/mac80211/cfg.c 2010-12-01 21:08:42.000000000 +0100 +++ wireless-testing/net/mac80211/cfg.c 2010-12-01 21:10:10.000000000 +0100 @@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ #include "rate.h" #include "mesh.h" -static int ieee80211_add_iface(struct wiphy *wiphy, char *name, - enum nl80211_iftype type, u32 *flags, - struct vif_params *params) +static struct net_device *ieee80211_add_iface(struct wiphy *wiphy, char *name, + enum nl80211_iftype type, + u32 *flags, + struct vif_params *params) { struct ieee80211_local *local = wiphy_priv(wiphy); struct net_device *dev; @@ -29,12 +30,15 @@ static int ieee80211_add_iface(struct wi int err; err = ieee80211_if_add(local, name, &dev, type, params); - if (err || type != NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR || !flags) - return err; + if (err) + return ERR_PTR(err); - sdata = IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF(dev); - sdata->u.mntr_flags = *flags; - return 0; + if (type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR && flags) { + sdata = IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF(dev); + sdata->u.mntr_flags = *flags; + } + + return dev; } static int ieee80211_del_iface(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev) --- wireless-testing.orig/net/wireless/nl80211.c 2010-12-01 21:07:56.000000000 +0100 +++ wireless-testing/net/wireless/nl80211.c 2010-12-01 21:08:25.000000000 +0100 @@ -1368,6 +1368,7 @@ static int nl80211_new_interface(struct { struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev = info->user_ptr[0]; struct vif_params params; + struct net_device *dev; int err; enum nl80211_iftype type = NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED; u32 flags; @@ -1403,11 +1404,13 @@ static int nl80211_new_interface(struct err = parse_monitor_flags(type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR ? info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MNTR_FLAGS] : NULL, &flags); - err = rdev->ops->add_virtual_intf(&rdev->wiphy, + dev = rdev->ops->add_virtual_intf(&rdev->wiphy, nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_IFNAME]), type, err ? NULL : &flags, ¶ms); + if (IS_ERR(dev)) + return PTR_ERR(dev); - return err; + return 0; } static int nl80211_del_interface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html