mac80211: dont use interface indices in drivers
This patch gets rid of the if_id stuff where possible in favour of
a new per-virtual-interface structure "struct ieee80211_vif". This
structure is located at the end of the per-interface structure and
contains a variable length driver-use data area.
This has two advantages:
* removes the need to look up interfaces by if_id, this is better
for working with network namespaces and performance
* allows drivers to store and retrieve per-interface data without
having to allocate own lists/hash tables
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c b/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c
index 4807e52..42c2708 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
sdata->u.sta.flags &= ~IEEE80211_STA_PREV_BSSID_SET;
/* fall through */
default:
- conf.if_id = dev->ifindex;
+ conf.vif = &sdata->vif;
conf.type = sdata->type;
conf.mac_addr = dev->dev_addr;
res = local->ops->add_interface(local_to_hw(local), &conf);
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
sdata->u.sta.extra_ie_len = 0;
/* fall through */
default:
- conf.if_id = dev->ifindex;
+ conf.vif = &sdata->vif;
conf.type = sdata->type;
conf.mac_addr = dev->dev_addr;
/* disable all keys for as long as this netdev is down */
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@
conf.beacon_control = control;
}
return local->ops->config_interface(local_to_hw(local),
- dev->ifindex, &conf);
+ &sdata->vif, &conf);
}
int ieee80211_if_config(struct net_device *dev)
@@ -527,11 +527,13 @@
{
struct ieee80211_local *local = wdev_priv(dev->ieee80211_ptr);
struct ieee80211_tx_control control;
+ struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF(dev);
struct sk_buff *skb;
if (!(local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_HOST_GEN_BEACON_TEMPLATE))
return 0;
- skb = ieee80211_beacon_get(local_to_hw(local), dev->ifindex, &control);
+ skb = ieee80211_beacon_get(local_to_hw(local), &sdata->vif,
+ &control);
if (!skb)
return -ENOMEM;
return __ieee80211_if_config(dev, skb, &control);
@@ -736,7 +738,7 @@
struct ieee80211_tx_packet_data *pkt_data;
pkt_data = (struct ieee80211_tx_packet_data *)skb->cb;
- pkt_data->ifindex = control->ifindex;
+ pkt_data->ifindex = vif_to_sdata(control->vif)->dev->ifindex;
pkt_data->flags = 0;
if (control->flags & IEEE80211_TXCTL_REQ_TX_STATUS)
pkt_data->flags |= IEEE80211_TXPD_REQ_TX_STATUS;