ieee802154: interface type to be added
This stack implementation distinguishes several types of slave
interfaces. Another parameter to 'add_iface_' function is added
to clarify the interface type is going to be registered.
Signed-off-by: Alexander Smirnov <alex.bluesman.smirnov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/ieee802154/nl-phy.c b/net/ieee802154/nl-phy.c
index 3bdc430..eed2916 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/nl-phy.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/nl-phy.c
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@
const char *devname;
int rc = -ENOBUFS;
struct net_device *dev;
+ int type = __IEEE802154_DEV_INVALID;
pr_debug("%s\n", __func__);
@@ -221,7 +222,13 @@
goto nla_put_failure;
}
- dev = phy->add_iface(phy, devname);
+ if (info->attrs[IEEE802154_ATTR_DEV_TYPE]) {
+ type = nla_get_u8(info->attrs[IEEE802154_ATTR_DEV_TYPE]);
+ if (type >= __IEEE802154_DEV_MAX)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ dev = phy->add_iface(phy, devname, type);
if (IS_ERR(dev)) {
rc = PTR_ERR(dev);
goto nla_put_failure;