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>
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@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ struct ath5k_softc {
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unsigned int curmode; /* current phy mode */
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struct ieee80211_channel *curchan; /* current h/w channel */
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int iface_id; /* add/remove_interface id */
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struct ieee80211_vif *vif;
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struct {
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u8 rxflags; /* radiotap rx flags */
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