mac80211: allow creating wiphy devices with suggested name
Support creating wiphy devices with an optional name.
This will be used by hwsim to have better automated control
over virtual radio creation/deletion.
Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c
index 9e322dc..b189122 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/main.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/main.c
@@ -478,8 +478,9 @@
},
};
-struct ieee80211_hw *ieee80211_alloc_hw(size_t priv_data_len,
- const struct ieee80211_ops *ops)
+struct ieee80211_hw *ieee80211_alloc_hw_nm(size_t priv_data_len,
+ const struct ieee80211_ops *ops,
+ const char *requested_name)
{
struct ieee80211_local *local;
int priv_size, i;
@@ -519,7 +520,7 @@
*/
priv_size = ALIGN(sizeof(*local), NETDEV_ALIGN) + priv_data_len;
- wiphy = wiphy_new(&mac80211_config_ops, priv_size);
+ wiphy = wiphy_new_nm(&mac80211_config_ops, priv_size, requested_name);
if (!wiphy)
return NULL;
@@ -649,7 +650,7 @@
return &local->hw;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_alloc_hw);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_alloc_hw_nm);
static int ieee80211_init_cipher_suites(struct ieee80211_local *local)
{