linux/net
Tom Gundersen 6bab2e19c5 cfg80211: pass name_assign_type to rdev_add_virtual_intf()
This will expose in /sys whether the ifname of a device is set by
userspace or generated by the kernel. The latter kind (wlanX, etc)
is not deterministic, so userspace needs to rename these devices
to names that are guaranteed to stay the same between reboots. The
former, however should never be renamed, so userspace needs to be
able to reliably tell the difference.

Similar functionality was introduced for the rtnetlink core in
commit 5517750f05 ("net: rtnetlink - make create_link take name_assign_type")

Signed-off-by: Tom Gundersen <teg@jklm.no>
Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
Cc: Brett Rudley <brudley@broadcom.com>
Cc: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Cc: Franky (Zhenhui) Lin <frankyl@broadcom.com>
Cc: Hante Meuleman <meuleman@broadcom.com>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
[reformat changelog to fit 72 cols]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2015-03-30 10:36:17 +02:00
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6lowpan net/6lowpan: Remove FSF address from GPL statement. 2014-12-05 12:43:04 +01:00
9p
802
8021q vlan: advertise link netns via netlink 2015-01-23 17:51:15 -08:00
appletalk new helper: memcpy_from_msg() 2014-11-24 04:28:48 -05:00
atm put iov_iter into msghdr 2014-12-09 16:29:03 -05:00
ax25 new helper: memcpy_from_msg() 2014-11-24 04:28:48 -05:00
batman-adv batman-adv: Fix use of seq_has_overflowed() 2015-02-22 17:00:08 -05:00
bluetooth Bluetooth: Fix potential NULL dereference 2015-02-03 09:02:12 +01:00
bridge bridge: add vlan info to bridge setlink and dellink notification messages 2015-02-22 23:00:45 -05:00
caif caif: remove wrong dev_net_set() call 2015-01-29 14:20:02 -08:00
can netlink: make nlmsg_end() and genlmsg_end() void 2015-01-18 01:03:45 -05:00
ceph mm: gup: use get_user_pages_unlocked 2015-02-11 17:06:05 -08:00
core net: Remove state argument from skb_find_text() 2015-02-22 15:59:54 -05:00
dcb dcbnl : Disable software interrupts before taking dcb_lock 2014-11-16 14:50:52 -05:00
dccp net: introduce helper macro for_each_cmsghdr 2014-12-10 22:41:55 -05:00
decnet netlink: Fix bugs in nlmsg_end() conversions. 2015-01-18 23:36:08 -05:00
dns_resolver
dsa net: dsa: Set valid phy interface type 2015-02-17 10:37:39 -08:00
ethernet net: Add Transparent Ethernet Bridging GRO support. 2015-01-02 15:46:41 -05:00
hsr
ieee802154 netlink: make nlmsg_end() and genlmsg_end() void 2015-01-18 01:03:45 -05:00
ipv4 igmp: add __ip_mc_{join|leave}_group() 2015-02-20 15:24:04 -05:00
ipv6 ipv6: Replace "#include <asm/uaccess>" with "#include <linux/uaccess>" 2015-02-21 22:05:53 -05:00
ipx switch ipxrtr_route_packet() from iovec to msghdr 2014-11-24 04:28:49 -05:00
irda irda: use msecs_to_jiffies for conversions 2015-01-30 18:08:25 -08:00
iucv net: introduce helper macro for_each_cmsghdr 2014-12-10 22:41:55 -05:00
key new helper: memcpy_from_msg() 2014-11-24 04:28:48 -05:00
l2tp netlink: make nlmsg_end() and genlmsg_end() void 2015-01-18 01:03:45 -05:00
lapb
llc net: llc: use correct size for sysctl timeout entries 2015-01-25 00:23:21 -08:00
mac80211 cfg80211: pass name_assign_type to rdev_add_virtual_intf() 2015-03-30 10:36:17 +02:00
mac802154 mac802154: fix kbuild test robot warning 2015-01-03 01:51:51 +01:00
mpls net: mark some potential candidates __read_mostly 2015-01-30 17:58:39 -08:00
netfilter net: Remove state argument from skb_find_text() 2015-02-22 15:59:54 -05:00
netlabel Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2015-02-11 20:25:11 -08:00
netlink Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2015-02-05 14:33:28 -08:00
netrom new helper: memcpy_from_msg() 2014-11-24 04:28:48 -05:00
nfc NFC: nci: Move NFCEE discovery logic 2015-02-04 09:15:18 +01:00
openvswitch openvswitch: Fix key serialization. 2015-02-14 20:20:40 -08:00
packet netlink: make nlmsg_end() and genlmsg_end() void 2015-01-18 01:03:45 -05:00
phonet phonet netlink: allow multiple messages per skb in route dump 2015-01-19 16:20:17 -05:00
rds rds: rds_cong_queue_updates needs to defer the congestion update transmission 2015-02-11 14:35:44 -08:00
rfkill Last round of updates for net-next: 2015-02-04 14:57:45 -08:00
rose new helper: memcpy_from_msg() 2014-11-24 04:28:48 -05:00
rxrpc Merge branch 'for-davem' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2015-02-04 20:46:55 -08:00
sched net: Remove state argument from skb_find_text() 2015-02-22 15:59:54 -05:00
sctp Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2015-02-05 14:33:28 -08:00
sunrpc Merge branch 'for-3.20' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux 2015-02-12 10:39:41 -08:00
switchdev swdevice: add new apis to set and del bridge port attributes 2015-02-01 23:16:34 -08:00
tipc tipc: remove tipc_snprintf 2015-02-09 13:20:49 -08:00
unix net: remove sock_iocb 2015-01-28 23:15:07 -08:00
vmw_vsock vmci: propagate msghdr all way down to __qp_memcpy_to_queue() 2015-02-04 01:34:14 -05:00
wimax
wireless cfg80211: pass name_assign_type to rdev_add_virtual_intf() 2015-03-30 10:36:17 +02:00
x25 new helper: memcpy_from_msg() 2014-11-24 04:28:48 -05:00
xfrm netlink: make nlmsg_end() and genlmsg_end() void 2015-01-18 01:03:45 -05:00
compat.c net: __aligned(size) is preferred over __attribute__((aligned(size))) 2015-02-22 17:01:22 -05:00
Kconfig net: introduce generic switch devices support 2014-12-02 20:01:20 -08:00
Makefile Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-12-16 15:53:03 -08:00
socket.c net: switch sockets to ->read_iter/->write_iter 2015-02-04 01:34:15 -05:00
sysctl_net.c