qcacmn: Add qdf API for dev_hold

Add qdf API for dev_hold

Change-Id: I585e6781718fd55e8359906e5355f068376406c2
CRs-Fixed: 3579431

qdf/inc/qdf_net_if.h

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2014-2020 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2022 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2023 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for
  * any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
@@ -65,6 +65,17 @@ qdf_net_if_get_dev_by_name(char *nif_name);
 QDF_STATUS
 qdf_net_if_release_dev(struct qdf_net_if *nif);
 
+/**
+ * qdf_net_if_hold_dev() - Hold reference to network device
+ * @nif: network device
+ *
+ * This function holds reference to the network device
+ *
+ * Return: QDF_STATUS_SUCCESS on success
+ */
+QDF_STATUS
+qdf_net_if_hold_dev(struct qdf_net_if *nif);
+
 /**
  * qdf_napi_enable() - Enable the napi schedule
  * @napi: NAPI context
@@ -138,6 +149,12 @@ qdf_net_if_release_dev(struct qdf_net_if *nif)
 	return __qdf_net_if_release_dev(nif);
 }
 
+static inline QDF_STATUS
+qdf_net_if_hold_dev(struct qdf_net_if *nif)
+{
+	return __qdf_net_if_hold_dev(nif);
+}
+
 /**
  * qdf_net_update_net_device_dev_addr() - update net_device dev_addr
  * @ndev: net_device