From 98a18b6ffc79baa69f4a0d1bae58faf2a8aef4c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexander Aring Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2014 06:44:54 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] netdevice: add ieee802154_ptr to net_device This patch adds an ieee802154_ptr to the net_device structure. Furthermore the 802.15.4 subsystem will introduce a nl802154 framework which is similar like the nl80211 framework and a wpan_dev structure. The wpan_dev structure will hold additional net_device attributes like address options which are 802.15.4 specific. In the upcoming nl802154 implementation we will introduce a NL802154_FLAG_NEED_WPAN_DEV like NL80211_FLAG_NEED_WDEV. For this flag an ieee802154_ptr in net_device is needed. Additional we can access the wpan_dev attributes in upper layers like IEEE 802.15.4 6LoWPAN easily. Current solution is a complicated callback interface and getting these values over subif data structure in mac802154. Signed-off-by: Alexander Aring Acked-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann --- include/linux/netdevice.h | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h index 74fd5d37f15a..c9bcf33efb47 100644 --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h @@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ struct device; struct phy_device; /* 802.11 specific */ struct wireless_dev; +/* 802.15.4 specific */ +struct wpan_dev; void netdev_set_default_ethtool_ops(struct net_device *dev, const struct ethtool_ops *ops); @@ -1572,6 +1574,7 @@ struct net_device { struct inet6_dev __rcu *ip6_ptr; void *ax25_ptr; struct wireless_dev *ieee80211_ptr; + struct wpan_dev *ieee802154_ptr; /* * Cache lines mostly used on receive path (including eth_type_trans()) -- 2.20.1