linux-stable/net/wireless
Denis Kenzior 896ff0635a cfg80211: always notify userspace of new wireless netdevs
This change alters the semantics of NL80211_CMD_NEW_INTERFACE events
by always sending this event whenever a new net_device object
associated with a wdev is registered.  Prior to this change, this event
was only sent as a result of NL80211_CMD_NEW_INTERFACE command sent
from userspace.  This allows userspace to reliably detect new wireless
interfaces (e.g. due to hardware hot-plug events, etc).

For wdevs created without an associated net_device object (e.g.
NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_DEVICE), the NL80211_CMD_NEW_INTERFACE event is
still generated inside the relevant nl80211 command handler.

Signed-off-by: Denis Kenzior <denkenz@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2016-08-11 16:51:41 +02:00
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.gitignore
ap.c cfg80211: export interface stopping function 2014-05-06 15:16:34 +02:00
chan.c cfg80211: fix missing break in NL8211_CHAN_WIDTH_80P80 case 2016-08-02 09:50:25 +02:00
core.c cfg80211: always notify userspace of new wireless netdevs 2016-08-11 16:51:41 +02:00
core.h nl80211: support beacon report scanning 2016-07-06 14:51:31 +02:00
db.txt
debugfs.c cfg80211: remove enum ieee80211_band 2016-04-12 15:56:15 +02:00
debugfs.h
ethtool.c cfg80211: make ethtool the driver's responsibility 2014-06-23 11:05:33 +02:00
genregdb.awk wireless: fixup genregdb.awk for remove of antenna gain from wireless-regd 2014-07-21 12:24:20 +02:00
ibss.c cfg80211: remove enum ieee80211_band 2016-04-12 15:56:15 +02:00
Kconfig cfg80211: Fix some linguistics in Kconfig 2016-02-24 09:04:23 +01:00
lib80211.c lib80211: remove unused print_ssid() 2014-10-14 02:18:27 +02:00
lib80211_crypt_ccmp.c lib80211: ratelimit key index mismatch 2015-12-04 14:43:32 +01:00
lib80211_crypt_tkip.c lib80211: Use skcipher and ahash 2016-01-27 20:36:03 +08:00
lib80211_crypt_wep.c lib80211: Use skcipher and ahash 2016-01-27 20:36:03 +08:00
Makefile cfg80211: 802.11p OCB mode handling 2014-11-04 13:18:17 +01:00
mesh.c cfg80211: remove enum ieee80211_band 2016-04-12 15:56:15 +02:00
mlme.c cfg80211: remove enum ieee80211_band 2016-04-12 15:56:15 +02:00
nl80211.c cfg80211: always notify userspace of new wireless netdevs 2016-08-11 16:51:41 +02:00
nl80211.h cfg80211: always notify userspace of new wireless netdevs 2016-08-11 16:51:41 +02:00
ocb.c cfg80211: ocb: Fix null pointer deref if join_ocb is unimplemented 2015-12-04 14:43:32 +01:00
radiotap.c cfg80211: add radiotap VHT info to rtap_namespace_sizes 2016-02-24 09:04:41 +01:00
rdev-ops.h cfg80211: remove enum ieee80211_band 2016-04-12 15:56:15 +02:00
reg.c cfg80211: make wdev_list accessible to drivers 2016-05-12 11:16:40 +02:00
reg.h cfg80211: remove enum ieee80211_band 2016-04-12 15:56:15 +02:00
regdb.h
scan.c nl80211: support beacon report scanning 2016-07-06 14:51:31 +02:00
sme.c cfg80211: Allow cfg80211_connect_result() errors to be distinguished 2016-05-31 15:22:15 +02:00
sysfs.c cfg80211: make wdev_list accessible to drivers 2016-05-12 11:16:40 +02:00
sysfs.h net: misc: Remove extern from function prototypes 2013-10-19 19:12:11 -04:00
trace.c
trace.h nl80211: support beacon report scanning 2016-07-06 14:51:31 +02:00
util.c cfg80211: handle failed skb allocation 2016-07-06 13:52:18 +02:00
wext-compat.c wext: remove a/b/g/n from SIOCGIWNAME 2016-05-02 22:48:09 +02:00
wext-compat.h cfg80211-wext: export symbols only when needed 2015-02-28 21:31:09 +01:00
wext-core.c wext: Fix 32 bit iwpriv compatibility issue with 64 bit Kernel 2016-06-09 09:56:11 +02:00
wext-priv.c
wext-proc.c
wext-sme.c wireless: Use eth_<foo>_addr instead of memset 2015-03-03 17:01:38 -05:00
wext-spy.c