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authorJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2012-06-16 02:05:37 +0400
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2012-07-12 14:10:40 +0400
commit1c90f9d404a45a1677c1e5791f5a2a8aaee0370a (patch)
tree4c1be9274172bc75c9a097ad7432aada73475570 /net/wireless
parent84efbb84cf76238faf26facf481c8675859bfaeb (diff)
downloadlinux-1c90f9d404a45a1677c1e5791f5a2a8aaee0370a.tar.xz
nl80211: send interface after creation
After a new virtual interface is created, reply to userspace with a message detailing it so it knows the new wdev identifier. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/wireless')
-rw-r--r--net/wireless/nl80211.c17
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 789d0c7b287e..6a9a1d7f51d1 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -1972,6 +1972,7 @@ static int nl80211_new_interface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev = info->user_ptr[0];
struct vif_params params;
struct wireless_dev *wdev;
+ struct sk_buff *msg;
int err;
enum nl80211_iftype type = NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED;
u32 flags;
@@ -1998,14 +1999,20 @@ static int nl80211_new_interface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
return err;
}
+ msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!msg)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
err = parse_monitor_flags(type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR ?
info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MNTR_FLAGS] : NULL,
&flags);
wdev = rdev->ops->add_virtual_intf(&rdev->wiphy,
nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_IFNAME]),
type, err ? NULL : &flags, &params);
- if (IS_ERR(wdev))
+ if (IS_ERR(wdev)) {
+ nlmsg_free(msg);
return PTR_ERR(wdev);
+ }
if (type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT &&
info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MESH_ID]) {
@@ -2019,7 +2026,13 @@ static int nl80211_new_interface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
wdev_unlock(wdev);
}
- return 0;
+ if (nl80211_send_iface(msg, info->snd_pid, info->snd_seq, 0,
+ rdev, wdev) < 0) {
+ nlmsg_free(msg);
+ return -ENOBUFS;
+ }
+
+ return genlmsg_reply(msg, info);
}
static int nl80211_del_interface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)