mac80211: support runtime interface type changes
Add support to mac80211 for changing the interface
type even when the interface is UP, if the driver
supports it.
To achieve this
* add a new driver callback for switching,
* split some of the interface up/down code out
into new functions (do_open/do_stop), and
* maintain an own __SDATA_RUNNING bit that will
not be set during interface type, so that any
other code doesn't use the interface.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 8f97548..f91fc33 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -1537,6 +1537,12 @@
* negative error code (which will be seen in userspace.)
* Must be implemented and can sleep.
*
+ * @change_interface: Called when a netdevice changes type. This callback
+ * is optional, but only if it is supported can interface types be
+ * switched while the interface is UP. The callback may sleep.
+ * Note that while an interface is being switched, it will not be
+ * found by the interface iteration callbacks.
+ *
* @remove_interface: Notifies a driver that an interface is going down.
* The @stop callback is called after this if it is the last interface
* and no monitor interfaces are present.
@@ -1693,6 +1699,9 @@
void (*stop)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
int (*add_interface)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
+ int (*change_interface)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+ struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
+ enum nl80211_iftype new_type);
void (*remove_interface)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
int (*config)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u32 changed);