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1 /*
2 * Wireless configuration interface internals.
4 * Copyright 2006, 2007 Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
5 */
6 #ifndef __NET_WIRELESS_CORE_H
7 #define __NET_WIRELESS_CORE_H
8 #include <linux/mutex.h>
9 #include <linux/list.h>
10 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
11 #include <net/genetlink.h>
12 #include <net/wireless.h>
13 #include <net/cfg80211.h>
14 #include "reg.h"
16 struct cfg80211_registered_device {
17 struct cfg80211_ops *ops;
18 struct list_head list;
19 /* we hold this mutex during any call so that
20 * we cannot do multiple calls at once, and also
21 * to avoid the deregister call to proceed while
22 * any call is in progress */
23 struct mutex mtx;
25 /* ISO / IEC 3166 alpha2 for which this device is receiving
26 * country IEs on, this can help disregard country IEs from APs
27 * on the same alpha2 quickly. The alpha2 may differ from
28 * cfg80211_regdomain's alpha2 when an intersection has occurred.
29 * If the AP is reconfigured this can also be used to tell us if
30 * the country on the country IE changed. */
31 char country_ie_alpha2[2];
33 /* If a Country IE has been received this tells us the environment
34 * which its telling us its in. This defaults to ENVIRON_ANY */
35 enum environment_cap env;
37 /* wiphy index, internal only */
38 int idx;
40 /* associate netdev list */
41 struct mutex devlist_mtx;
42 struct list_head netdev_list;
44 /* must be last because of the way we do wiphy_priv(),
45 * and it should at least be aligned to NETDEV_ALIGN */
46 struct wiphy wiphy __attribute__((__aligned__(NETDEV_ALIGN)));
49 static inline
50 struct cfg80211_registered_device *wiphy_to_dev(struct wiphy *wiphy)
52 BUG_ON(!wiphy);
53 return container_of(wiphy, struct cfg80211_registered_device, wiphy);
56 extern struct mutex cfg80211_drv_mutex;
57 extern struct list_head cfg80211_drv_list;
60 * This function returns a pointer to the driver
61 * that the genl_info item that is passed refers to.
62 * If successful, it returns non-NULL and also locks
63 * the driver's mutex!
65 * This means that you need to call cfg80211_put_dev()
66 * before being allowed to acquire &cfg80211_drv_mutex!
68 * This is necessary because we need to lock the global
69 * mutex to get an item off the list safely, and then
70 * we lock the drv mutex so it doesn't go away under us.
72 * We don't want to keep cfg80211_drv_mutex locked
73 * for all the time in order to allow requests on
74 * other interfaces to go through at the same time.
76 * The result of this can be a PTR_ERR and hence must
77 * be checked with IS_ERR() for errors.
79 extern struct cfg80211_registered_device *
80 cfg80211_get_dev_from_info(struct genl_info *info);
82 /* identical to cfg80211_get_dev_from_info but only operate on ifindex */
83 extern struct cfg80211_registered_device *
84 cfg80211_get_dev_from_ifindex(int ifindex);
86 extern void cfg80211_put_dev(struct cfg80211_registered_device *drv);
88 /* free object */
89 extern void cfg80211_dev_free(struct cfg80211_registered_device *drv);
91 extern int cfg80211_dev_rename(struct cfg80211_registered_device *drv,
92 char *newname);
94 void ieee80211_set_bitrate_flags(struct wiphy *wiphy);
95 void wiphy_update_regulatory(struct wiphy *wiphy, enum reg_set_by setby);
97 #endif /* __NET_WIRELESS_CORE_H */