cfg80211: add netlink channel put helper
This adds a netlink channel put helper, nl80211_msg_put_channel(),
which we will also make use of later for the beacon hints events.
Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 68c5102..7285bdc 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -156,6 +156,30 @@
return genlmsg_put(skb, pid, seq, &nl80211_fam, flags, cmd);
}
+static int nl80211_msg_put_channel(struct sk_buff *msg,
+ struct ieee80211_channel *chan)
+{
+ NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_FREQ,
+ chan->center_freq);
+
+ if (chan->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_DISABLED)
+ NLA_PUT_FLAG(msg, NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_DISABLED);
+ if (chan->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_PASSIVE_SCAN)
+ NLA_PUT_FLAG(msg, NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_PASSIVE_SCAN);
+ if (chan->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_IBSS)
+ NLA_PUT_FLAG(msg, NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_NO_IBSS);
+ if (chan->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_RADAR)
+ NLA_PUT_FLAG(msg, NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_RADAR);
+
+ NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_MAX_TX_POWER,
+ DBM_TO_MBM(chan->max_power));
+
+ return 0;
+
+ nla_put_failure:
+ return -ENOBUFS;
+}
+
/* netlink command implementations */
static int nl80211_send_wiphy(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 pid, u32 seq, int flags,
@@ -234,20 +258,9 @@
goto nla_put_failure;
chan = &dev->wiphy.bands[band]->channels[i];
- NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_FREQ,
- chan->center_freq);
- if (chan->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_DISABLED)
- NLA_PUT_FLAG(msg, NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_DISABLED);
- if (chan->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_PASSIVE_SCAN)
- NLA_PUT_FLAG(msg, NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_PASSIVE_SCAN);
- if (chan->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_IBSS)
- NLA_PUT_FLAG(msg, NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_NO_IBSS);
- if (chan->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_RADAR)
- NLA_PUT_FLAG(msg, NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_RADAR);
-
- NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_MAX_TX_POWER,
- DBM_TO_MBM(chan->max_power));
+ if (nl80211_msg_put_channel(msg, chan))
+ goto nla_put_failure;
nla_nest_end(msg, nl_freq);
}