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-rw-r--r--net/wireless/nl80211.c46
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index f02653a08993..a8c062dbd51d 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -2751,7 +2751,7 @@ 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, *event;
+ struct sk_buff *msg;
int err;
enum nl80211_iftype type = NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED;
u32 flags;
@@ -2855,20 +2855,15 @@ static int nl80211_new_interface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
return -ENOBUFS;
}
- event = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (event) {
- if (nl80211_send_iface(event, 0, 0, 0,
- rdev, wdev, false) < 0) {
- nlmsg_free(event);
- goto out;
- }
-
- genlmsg_multicast_netns(&nl80211_fam, wiphy_net(&rdev->wiphy),
- event, 0, NL80211_MCGRP_CONFIG,
- GFP_KERNEL);
- }
+ /*
+ * For wdevs which have no associated netdev object (e.g. of type
+ * NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_DEVICE), emit the NEW_INTERFACE event here.
+ * For all other types, the event will be generated from the
+ * netdev notifier
+ */
+ if (!wdev->netdev)
+ nl80211_notify_iface(rdev, wdev, NL80211_CMD_NEW_INTERFACE);
-out:
return genlmsg_reply(msg, info);
}
@@ -11847,6 +11842,29 @@ void nl80211_notify_wiphy(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
NL80211_MCGRP_CONFIG, GFP_KERNEL);
}
+void nl80211_notify_iface(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
+ struct wireless_dev *wdev,
+ enum nl80211_commands cmd)
+{
+ struct sk_buff *msg;
+
+ WARN_ON(cmd != NL80211_CMD_NEW_INTERFACE &&
+ cmd != NL80211_CMD_DEL_INTERFACE);
+
+ msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!msg)
+ return;
+
+ if (nl80211_send_iface(msg, 0, 0, 0, rdev, wdev,
+ cmd == NL80211_CMD_DEL_INTERFACE) < 0) {
+ nlmsg_free(msg);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ genlmsg_multicast_netns(&nl80211_fam, wiphy_net(&rdev->wiphy), msg, 0,
+ NL80211_MCGRP_CONFIG, GFP_KERNEL);
+}
+
static int nl80211_add_scan_req(struct sk_buff *msg,
struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev)
{