mac80211: push interface checks down
This patch pushes the "netif_running()" and "same type as before"
checks down into ieee80211_if_change_type() to centralise the
logic instead of duplicating it for cfg80211 and wext.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index 6aa49ad..ea03010 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -84,22 +84,22 @@
struct net_device *dev;
enum ieee80211_if_types itype;
struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata;
+ int ret;
/* we're under RTNL */
dev = __dev_get_by_index(&init_net, ifindex);
if (!dev)
return -ENODEV;
- if (netif_running(dev))
- return -EBUSY;
-
itype = nl80211_type_to_mac80211_type(type);
if (itype == IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_INVALID)
return -EINVAL;
sdata = IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF(dev);
- ieee80211_if_change_type(sdata, itype);
+ ret = ieee80211_if_change_type(sdata, itype);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
if (ieee80211_vif_is_mesh(&sdata->vif) && params->mesh_id_len)
ieee80211_if_sta_set_mesh_id(&sdata->u.sta,