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authorJohannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>2008-09-16 20:22:09 +0200
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2008-09-24 16:18:00 -0400
commit723b038def23ce0606754c4f598cbb96bae9a102 (patch)
tree36193970f99db75c57bf7595bc8d7911c624b8b2 /net/wireless
parentcfg80211: show interface type (diff)
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cfg80211: allow set_interface without type
Which then causes no type change. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/wireless')
-rw-r--r--net/wireless/nl80211.c15
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 44771a690d53..a745932d1370 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -422,19 +422,20 @@ static int nl80211_set_interface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
memset(&params, 0, sizeof(params));
- if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_IFTYPE]) {
- type = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_IFTYPE]);
- if (type > NL80211_IFTYPE_MAX)
- return -EINVAL;
- } else
- return -EINVAL;
-
err = get_drv_dev_by_info_ifindex(info->attrs, &drv, &dev);
if (err)
return err;
ifindex = dev->ifindex;
+ type = dev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype;
dev_put(dev);
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_IFTYPE]) {
+ type = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_IFTYPE]);
+ if (type > NL80211_IFTYPE_MAX)
+ goto unlock;
+ }
+
if (!drv->ops->change_virtual_intf ||
!(drv->wiphy.interface_modes & (1 << type))) {
err = -EOPNOTSUPP;