mac80211: dont use interface indices in drivers
This patch gets rid of the if_id stuff where possible in favour of
a new per-virtual-interface structure "struct ieee80211_vif". This
structure is located at the end of the per-interface structure and
contains a variable length driver-use data area.
This has two advantages:
* removes the need to look up interfaces by if_id, this is better
for working with network namespaces and performance
* allows drivers to store and retrieve per-interface data without
having to allocate own lists/hash tables
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.h b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.h
index 5a1a790..82bff51 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.h
@@ -625,10 +625,7 @@
* at a time. General information about this interface follows.
*/
- /* Opaque ID of the operating interface from the ieee80211
- * subsystem. Do not modify.
- */
- int if_id;
+ struct ieee80211_vif *vif;
/* The MAC address of the operating interface. */
u8 mac_addr[ETH_ALEN];
/* Current BSSID */