cfg80211: assign device type in netdev notifier callback

Instead of having to modify every non-mac80211 for device type assignment,
do this inside the netdev notifier callback of cfg80211. So all drivers
that integrate with cfg80211 will export a proper device type.

Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

diff --git a/net/mac80211/iface.c b/net/mac80211/iface.c
index b8295cbd7e8f2243e044a611d02efd08cd5c0238..f6005adcbf90e794a5a3a5b5518aa375553eedd3 100644 (file)
--- a/net/mac80211/iface.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/iface.c
@@ -754,10 +754,6 @@ int ieee80211_if_change_type(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
        return 0;
 }
 
-static struct device_type wiphy_type = {
-       .name   = "wlan",
-};
-
 int ieee80211_if_add(struct ieee80211_local *local, const char *name,
                     struct net_device **new_dev, enum nl80211_iftype type,
                     struct vif_params *params)
@@ -789,7 +785,6 @@ int ieee80211_if_add(struct ieee80211_local *local, const char *name,
 
        memcpy(ndev->dev_addr, local->hw.wiphy->perm_addr, ETH_ALEN);
        SET_NETDEV_DEV(ndev, wiphy_dev(local->hw.wiphy));
-       SET_NETDEV_DEVTYPE(ndev, &wiphy_type);
 
        /* don't use IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF because it checks too much */
        sdata = netdev_priv(ndev);

diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c
index 45b2be3274db868bbf4db4fc5050f1ea1b448dca..e6f02e98e5fd536c15903f05c5f1ec6ddf1df401 100644 (file)
--- a/net/wireless/core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/core.c
@@ -625,6 +625,10 @@ static void wdev_cleanup_work(struct work_struct *work)
        dev_put(wdev->netdev);
 }
 
+static struct device_type wiphy_type = {
+       .name   = "wlan",
+};
+
 static int cfg80211_netdev_notifier_call(struct notifier_block * nb,
                                         unsigned long state,
                                         void *ndev)
@@ -641,6 +645,9 @@ static int cfg80211_netdev_notifier_call(struct notifier_block * nb,
        WARN_ON(wdev->iftype == NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED);
 
        switch (state) {
+       case NETDEV_POST_INIT:
+               SET_NETDEV_DEVTYPE(dev, &wiphy_type);
+               break;
        case NETDEV_REGISTER:
                /*
                 * NB: cannot take rdev->mtx here because this may be