Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ifdefy the wireless pointers in struct net_device

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On Monday, 16 May 2022 23:56:38 CEST Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> diff --git a/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c b/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
> index 83fb51b6e299..15d2bb4cd301 100644
> --- a/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
> +++ b/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
> @@ -307,9 +307,11 @@ static bool batadv_is_cfg80211_netdev(struct net_device *net_device)
>         if (!net_device)
>                 return false;
>  
> +#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_WIRELESS)
>         /* cfg80211 drivers have to set ieee80211_ptr */
>         if (net_device->ieee80211_ptr)
>                 return true;
> +#endif
>  
>         return false;
>  }

Acked-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


On Tuesday, 17 May 2022 09:48:24 CEST Johannes Berg wrote:
> Something like the patch below might do that, but I haven't carefully
> checked it yet, nor checked if there are any paths in mac80211/drivers
> that might be doing this check - and it looks from Jakub's patch that
> batman code would like to check this too.

Yes, if something like netdev_is_wireless would be available then we could 
change it to:

diff --git a/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c b/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
index 35fadb924849..50a53e3364bf 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
@@ -294,26 +294,6 @@ static bool batadv_is_wext_netdev(struct net_device *net_device)
 	return false;
 }
 
-/**
- * batadv_is_cfg80211_netdev() - check if the given net_device struct is a
- *  cfg80211 wifi interface
- * @net_device: the device to check
- *
- * Return: true if the net device is a cfg80211 wireless device, false
- *  otherwise.
- */
-static bool batadv_is_cfg80211_netdev(struct net_device *net_device)
-{
-	if (!net_device)
-		return false;
-
-	/* cfg80211 drivers have to set ieee80211_ptr */
-	if (net_device->ieee80211_ptr)
-		return true;
-
-	return false;
-}
-
 /**
  * batadv_wifi_flags_evaluate() - calculate wifi flags for net_device
  * @net_device: the device to check
@@ -328,7 +308,7 @@ static u32 batadv_wifi_flags_evaluate(struct net_device *net_device)
 	if (batadv_is_wext_netdev(net_device))
 		wifi_flags |= BATADV_HARDIF_WIFI_WEXT_DIRECT;
 
-	if (batadv_is_cfg80211_netdev(net_device))
+	if (netdev_is_wireless(net_device))
 		wifi_flags |= BATADV_HARDIF_WIFI_CFG80211_DIRECT;
 
 	real_netdev = batadv_get_real_netdevice(net_device);
@@ -341,7 +321,7 @@ static u32 batadv_wifi_flags_evaluate(struct net_device *net_device)
 	if (batadv_is_wext_netdev(real_netdev))
 		wifi_flags |= BATADV_HARDIF_WIFI_WEXT_INDIRECT;
 
-	if (batadv_is_cfg80211_netdev(real_netdev))
+	if (netdev_is_wireless(real_netdev))
 		wifi_flags |= BATADV_HARDIF_WIFI_CFG80211_INDIRECT;
 
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