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-rw-r--r--include/net/mac80211.h13
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/util.c9
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 35643c55827..c1e8261e899 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -990,6 +990,19 @@ struct ieee80211_hw {
};
/**
+ * wiphy_to_ieee80211_hw - return a mac80211 driver hw struct from a wiphy
+ *
+ * @wiphy: the &struct wiphy which we want to query
+ *
+ * mac80211 drivers can use this to get to their respective
+ * &struct ieee80211_hw. Drivers wishing to get to their own private
+ * structure can then access it via hw->priv. Note that mac802111 drivers should
+ * not use wiphy_priv() to try to get their private driver structure as this
+ * is already used internally by mac80211.
+ */
+struct ieee80211_hw *wiphy_to_ieee80211_hw(struct wiphy *wiphy);
+
+/**
* SET_IEEE80211_DEV - set device for 802.11 hardware
*
* @hw: the &struct ieee80211_hw to set the device for
diff --git a/net/mac80211/util.c b/net/mac80211/util.c
index ede96c4fea2..fc30f2940e1 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/util.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/util.c
@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ const unsigned char rfc1042_header[] __aligned(2) =
const unsigned char bridge_tunnel_header[] __aligned(2) =
{ 0xaa, 0xaa, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0xf8 };
+struct ieee80211_hw *wiphy_to_ieee80211_hw(struct wiphy *wiphy)
+{
+ struct ieee80211_local *local;
+ BUG_ON(!wiphy);
+
+ local = wiphy_priv(wiphy);
+ return &local->hw;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(wiphy_to_ieee80211_hw);
u8 *ieee80211_get_bssid(struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr, size_t len,
enum nl80211_iftype type)