Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Most protocol-specific pointers in struct net_device are under
> a respective ifdef. Wireless is the notable exception. Since
> there's a sizable number of custom-built kernels for datacenter
> workloads which don't build wireless it seems reasonable to
> ifdefy those pointers as well.
>
> While at it move IPv4 and IPv6 pointers up, those are special
> for obvious reasons.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
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[...]
> --- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
> +++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
> @@ -8004,10 +8004,7 @@ int cfg80211_register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev);
> *
> * Requires the RTNL and wiphy mutex to be held.
> */
> -static inline void cfg80211_unregister_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
> -{
> - cfg80211_unregister_wdev(dev->ieee80211_ptr);
> -}
> +void cfg80211_unregister_netdevice(struct net_device *dev);
>
> /**
> * struct cfg80211_ft_event_params - FT Information Elements
[...]
> --- a/net/wireless/core.c
> +++ b/net/wireless/core.c
> @@ -1374,6 +1374,12 @@ int cfg80211_register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_register_netdevice);
>
> +void cfg80211_unregister_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
> +{
> + cfg80211_unregister_wdev(dev->ieee80211_ptr);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_unregister_netdevice);
Why moving this to a proper function? Just curious, I couldn't figure it
out.
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